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February 7, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Rob Wittman (VA-01) introduced the bipartisan Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act.

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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined House Democrats to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.
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Hartford CT Buildings
February 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on whether Elon Musk and his team of hackers have unlawful and unjust access to confidential taxpayer data protected by Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the power to delay or disrupt the 2025 filing season. 
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
February 3, 2025
Hartford, CT – Today, in a new letter to President Donald Trump, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy urged the immediate reversal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) suspension of $8.6 million in federal funding for the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG).
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Hartford CT Buildings
February 1, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), amember of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, denounced President Trump’s unilateral and across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico.  

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January 31, 2025

East Hartford, CT - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement: 

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Hartford CT Buildings
January 31, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement slamming the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) dismissal of federal prosecutors who worked on January 6th cases and the FBI’s firing of senior agents involved in investigating Donald Trump.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 30, 2025

Connecticut Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson was home in the state’s 1st Congressional District Thursday to talk with constituents about a “chaotic” week in Washington.

Before a crowd at the East Hartford Senior Center, Larson said the Trump White House’s order to freeze federal funding, since rescinded and blocked by courts, was “poorly executed.”

Issues:GrantsLocal
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
January 29, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after President Trump attempted to walk back a freeze on federal funding. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
January 28, 2025

At the Urban League of Greater Hartford, serving the community is part of their mission. Fulfilling that obligation involves getting federal funds.

A push from the Trump administration to pause that funding is creating concern.

Issues:GrantsLocal