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Hartford, CT – Today Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that $750,000 in federal funding has been awarded to the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (CHCACT) to provide a full range of HIV specialty medicine and social services to infants, children, youth and women who are infected or affected by HIV/ AIDS. The funding is being awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ryan White Title IV AIDS Healthcare Program.

Hartford, CT – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today on the Department of Labor's July employment report:

"As we continue to recover from the worst economic crisis since the great depression, today's jobs numbers are encouraging news. Yet the real story is that more work needs to be done – something that Republicans in Congress refuse to do.

Washington – Today Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) congratulated Rebecca M. Townsend, Ph.D. of Manchester, Connecticut, for being recognized as a 'Champion of Change' by the White House. The Champion of Change program, part of President Barack Obama's Winning the Future initiative, honors those who help their communities through transportation innovation.

Washington – Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded a U.S. District Court decision last week to require TRICARE – the military healthcare system – to cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy as a medical treatment for military families that have children with autism. According to recent estimates, 1 in every 88 military children has autism.

(WASHINGTON) – Recognizing that nearly three quarters of the over 100 million Americans under the age of 24 do not believe that our government adequately represents them, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) has introduced a resolution calling on the President to create a Presidential Youth Council.

(WASHINGTON) – Today Congressman John B. Larson called on the House Republican leadership to pass the middle-class tax cut. Earlier today, the United States Senate voted to extend tax cuts for middle-class families without adding unnecessary tax breaks for the top 2% of Americans.

(Hartford) – Today Senators Joseph I. Lieberman, Richard Blumenthal and Congressman John B. Larson (CT01) announced $2 million in federal funding for the Greater Hartford Transit District. Awarded through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Bus Livability Program the funding will be used to implement pedestrian safety improvements as part of the Sigourney Street Connectivity Improvements Project at the Sigourney Street Station.

(WASHINGTON) – Congressman John B. Larson announced today that H.R. 1404, the Fair Elections Now Act (FENA), has gained its 100th co-sponsor in the United States House of Representatives. Backed by a broad coalition, Congressman Larson introduced FENA as a bi-partisan act to take the influence of big money out of our campaign finance system.