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Rep. Larson speaks in the Ways and Means Committee
March 12, 2025

Democratic Representative John Larson erupted during a Department of Government Efficiency House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, verbalizing the immense frustration felt by much of the country.

“Where’s the independence of the committee?” Larson yelled at House Republicans. “Where’s the legislature? We’re an equal branch of government.”

Musk did not attend the meeting, which infuriated Larson.

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Rep. Larson at a Ways and Means Committee Mark-Up
March 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted to block Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson’s (CT-01) Resolution of Inquiry from coming before the full House for a vote.  

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Hartford CT Buildings
March 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) opposed the partisan House Republican funding bill that cuts services for veterans, seniors, and families, and greenlights Trump-Musk's plan to gut the Social Security Administration.
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Hartford CT Buildings
March 10, 2025

Under the guise of efficiency, Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the agency that runs Social Security, threatening benefits that keep millions of Americans out of poverty and setting up a political gamble for the White House and congressional Republicans.  

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Front view of the Capitol
March 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Elon Musk identified Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as key targets of the Trump Administration for cuts in an interview on Fox Business.
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releasedefault
March 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ron Estes (KS-04) reintroduced the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act with Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rudy Yakym (IN-02) and 64 additional original cosponsors. The bill, which has received broad bipartisan support, permanently allows for immediate research and development expensing looking back to 2022, when the provision expired.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 8, 2025
Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissioner has acknowledged is being steered by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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Hartford CT Buildings
March 7, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Trump-appointed Acting Commissioner of Social Security announced the agency is changing the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries from 10% to 100%.
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Rep. Larson at Charter Oak
March 7, 2025

Connecticut leaders and healthcare advocates gathered at Charter Oak Health Center to denounce proposed Medicaid cuts they say will devastate the state’s most vulnerable residents.

The federal plan to slash up to $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade coincides with efforts to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent, a move critics argue would benefit the wealthy while forcing deep reductions in healthcare funding.

Issues:Health Care
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
March 6, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Technology for Energy Security Act with Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Mike Carey (OH-15) to extend the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investment Tax Credit for fuel cells and linear generators for another eight years.