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Ranking Members Larson, Neal, and Morelle
March 11, 2026

An internal government watchdog and members of Congress are separately investigating new allegations that a Department of Government Efficiency staffer potentially misused sensitive Social Security data.

The Social Security Administration's inspector general notified the leaders of several House and Senate committees on March 6 that it is reviewing an anonymous complaint "on matters relating to the potential misuse of SSA data by a former DOGE employee, among other allegations," according to a copy of the letter obtained by NPR.

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Pratt & Whitney President Shane Eddy, Rep. Larson, Rep. Courtney, and President of Pratt & Whitney Military Engines Jill Albertelli
March 11, 2026
East Hartford, CT – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) applauded the U.S. Navy’s announcement of a $256 million contract modification to support F135 engine production work in East Hartford and Cromwell.
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Rep. Larson, East Hartford Mayor Connor S. Martin, Fire Chief Kevin Munson, Town Councilor John Morrison, and members of the East Hartford Fire Department
March 11, 2026

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and East Hartford Mayor Connor S. Martin announced $1 million in new federal funding for the East Hartford Fire Department to replace the town’s outdated Fire Station 2 and offer new firefighter training to better combat house fires. 

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Ranking Members Larson, Neal, and Morelle
March 10, 2026

Social Security’s inspector general is probing a whistleblower complaint that a former employee of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency claimed he had access to two Social Security databases and planned to share them with a new employer, a report said Tuesday, the latest security accusation in the post-DOGE era. 

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Ranking Members Larson, Neal, and Morelle
March 10, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Today, Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) released the following statement after the Washington Post reported that another whistleblower has accused a former DOGE employee of illegally copying two Social Security databases onto an unsecured thumb drive for personal gain.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 9, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Kicking off AmeriCorps Week, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced the bipartisan Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 6, 2026

One week into President Trump’s war against Iran, members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation paint a bleak picture of the campaign.

Appearing at a Hartford press conference, Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Rep. John Larson (D-CT1) called the campaign illegal and unpopular, lacking definitive goals and plagued by bleak operational options that could get thousands of U.S. troops killed.

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 6, 2026

Connecticut’s two United States senators and Hartford’s Congressman joined at the state Capitol on Friday to voice strong opposition to President Donald Trump’s decision to start a war against Iran.

The Democrats said the war was flatly illegal as Trump did not seek the approval of Congress.