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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026 — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes and U.S. Representative John Larson for a visit to EdAdvance’s Early Childhood Learning Center in Torrington to meet with agency leaders and staff to discuss the impact of federal funding cuts and uncertainties on programs serving children, families, and schools across northwest Connecticut.

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans’ bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security with no restrictions to rein in ICE’s abuses of power.

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.Con.Res.38, a bipartisan war powers resolution to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran after President Trump authorized a strike against Iran that resulted in the death of servicemembers.
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Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s firing of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) and more than 180 of their Democratic colleagues to announce the reintroduction of the DISCLOSE Act, landmark legislation to end the scourge of dark money in politics.  

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 4, 2026

The IRS chief executive officer, Frank Bisignano, largely declined to offer specifics when asked about unlawful disclosures of taxpayer data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Wednesday. 

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Ranking Member Larson grills Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on the Ways and Means Committee
March 4, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) demanded answers from Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano about the ‘DOGE’ scheme to use data from the Social Security Administration to try and overturn election results with an outside election interference group, something the Trump Department of Justice admitted in a recent court filing. 
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Hartford CT Buildings
March 3, 2026

Members of Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Education demanding that the Trump administration's policy, which determines nursing is not a "professional" degree, be reversed, amid what they said was a "nursing crisis."

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 2, 2026

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford is one step closer to getting a new federal courthouse.

The new building will hold many more courtrooms than currently can fit in the existing Abe Ribicoff Federal Building.

Top lawmakers met with union leaders Monday morning to announce a project labor agreement.

The federal government is looking to park a new, almost $400 million federal courthouse, which is now a surface lot between People’s Bank Arena and Union Station. The current federal courthouse is just too small.