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WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) called for House action on the China currency bill today following its passage in the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 63 to 35. A majority of the House – including over 60 Republicans – have endorsed the legislation to level the playing field for American workers and create over a million jobs by holding countries accountable that create an unfair trade advantage by manipulating their currency:
"I want to congratulate the Senate on passing this critical piece of legislation.
New Haven, CT — Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Chris Murphy (CT-5) praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture's disaster declaration for the state of Connecticut today.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement today applauding the thousands of Americans who have taken to the streets in New York and around the country for a more fair and equitable nation:
"In New York and across the country, thousands of Americans have taken to the streets, certain of the morality of their message: bringing fairness to Main Street.
(Washington, DC) –Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Congressman John Larson (CT-1), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) today announced $9.9 million in workforce development grants for the Workplace Inc. and Capital Workforce Partners to target long term unemployed populations by providing them with education, career skills, and job placement assistance for jobs in the health care industry.
EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) was joined by Deborah Poerio of Integrated Health Services (IHS), East Hartford School leadership and local legislators in announcing a $200,000 Health and Human Services (HHS) Grant for IHS to increase dental care access for schoolchildren. The grant is scheduled to appropriate $200,000 a year to IHS over the next four years, making the potential funding of the grant as high as $800,000.
WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement honoring the Jewish New Year, which begins tonight at sunset.
"As Jewish families in the United States and around the world gather to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I want to extend my warmest wishes to them all for the New Year. L'shana tovah --may you have a good year.
For more photos from Saturday's event, click here. All photos courtesy of Tami Heileman, Department of Interior.
HARTFORD – Today Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) hosted a domestic violence roundtable discussion focused on the importance of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which is set to expire at the end of the month.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced H.R. 12, President Obama's American Jobs Act. The text of the bill is attached.
Larson released the following statement:
"The President has drafted a plan that is focused on what the 14 million Americans who are out of work know they need – the simple dignity of a job. He deserves a vote on his plan in as timely a fashion as possible because those 14 million Americans can't wait the 14 months until the next election for this to be resolved."
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WASHINGTON – Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) joined with a bipartisan majority of the House this week to renew the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program.
The program, passed and signed into law in 1999, provides financial support to children's hospitals that provide graduate level residency programs. The program helps hospitals offset costs of resident stipends, salaries, faculty salaries, overhead and other training-related costs.