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Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans President Bette Marafino, East Hartford Mayor Connor Martin, Rep. Larson, CSEA SEIU Local 2001 President Travis Woodward, CEA Vice President Joslyn DeLancey, with workers from across the State of Connecticut
April 11, 2025

The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers.

By entering the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 6,000 immigrants into Social Security's "death master file," the administration has revoked their ability to legally work in the U.S. and receive benefits in a bid to get them to "self-deport," several news outlets reported Thursday.

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Hartford CT Buildings
April 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee pressed Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the Trump Administration’s decision to close half of all HHS Regional Offices, including the Boston Regional Office that serves Connecticut residents.
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Hartford CT Buildings
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means 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 lambasting the Trump Administration’s abuse of Social Security to target lawful residents in the United States:
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Hartford CT Buildings
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced the bipartisan Neighborhood Homes Investment Act.
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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against House Republicans’ SAVE Act, which would make it harder for Americans without passports, military service members, and married women to register to vote. 
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Front view of the Capitol
April 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against the Trump-Republican budget plan that would cut Medicaid, SNAP nutrition benefits, and other critical programs American families rely on to pay for another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent.
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Hartford CT Buildings
April 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) pared back plans to cut phone services.
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Rep. Larson speaks with Ambassador Greer in the Ways and Means Committee
April 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) questioned U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about the Trump Administration’s decision to exempt Russia from the new slew of tariffs on imports from more than 100 trading partners.
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Rep. Larson Congratulates UConn Women's Basketball Team on the House Floor
April 8, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) spoke on the House floor to congratulate the UConn Women’s Basketball Team and Coach Geno Auriemma on their record-setting National Championship win. 

You can view Rep. Larson’s remarks here. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
April 5, 2025

Demonstrators thronged around the state Capitol in Hartford, filled a park in Stamford and crowded other venues in Connecticut as part of a national “Hands Off” day of action protesting President Donald J. Trump’s upending of the economy, immigration and every corner of federal government in little more than two months back in power.