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May 17, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the announcement that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special prosecutor for the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.
Issues:Foreign PolicyJudicial
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May 16, 2017
Representatives John Larson (D-CT), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today introduced the Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act, which builds upon the successes of the Steve Gleason Act of 2015. The Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act permanently fixes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy that limited access to speech generation devices for people with degenerative diseases.
Issues:Health Care
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May 13, 2017
The vision is to tunnel I-84 from the Flatbush Avenue area in Hartford to the Roberts Street area in East Hartford and I-91 in Hartford from Riverside Park area to the MDC treatment facility in the meadows. The Connecticut Department of Transportation is working on the realignment of the I-84 and I-91 interchange that is bottlenecked on the Bulkeley Bridge and is committed to fast-tracking a study of this concept.
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May 9, 2017
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after President Trump dismissed FBI Director, James Comey
Issues:Judicial
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May 4, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the passage of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Larson voted “No”
Issues:Health Care
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May 3, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement following the passage of the omnibus appropriations bill in the House that will fund the government through the remainder of fiscal year 2017
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May 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act was favorably reported out of the House Judiciary Committee:
Issues:Local
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May 2, 2017
Representatives John Larson (CT-01), Ted Deutch (FL-22), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Doris Matsui (CA-06) led over 100 of their colleagues in a letter to President Trump urging him to protect Social Security by rejecting any proposal that would cut or eliminate premiums in the form of payroll contributions, thus weakening dedicated funding to the Social Security Trust Funds.
"Throughout your campaign for president you promised the American people that you would not cut Social Security," the letter reads. "We strongly urge you to keep that promise."
Issues:Social Security
April 26, 2017
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), released the following statement after Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, unveiled President Trump’s tax reform proposal
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April 26, 2017
Ranking Member Larson Opening Statement at Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on Stopping Disability Fraud
Issues:Social Security