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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
May 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Ways and Means Republicans released the text of their bill to cut taxes for billionaires, paid for with cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that would kick more than 13 million Americans off their health care plans.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 8, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement calling for renewed ceasefire negotiations and urging the Israeli government to reverse their policy blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 8, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) sent a letter to President Trump condemning his illegal order to defund NPR and PBS, which could cause local stations to shutter and halt new PBS Kids programming.
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Front view of the Capitol
May 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) signed a discharge petition to force a vote in the House to protect Medicaid and nutrition assistance programs like SNAP from proposed budget cuts.
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Bridge in Rep Larson District
May 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – To kick off Older Americans Month, the House Democratic Caucus announced the re-launch of the Task Force on Aging and Families (TFAF).
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Front view of the Capitol
May 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to confirm self-declared ‘DOGE person,’ Frank Bisignano, as Commissioner of Social Security.
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Hartford CT Buildings
May 4, 2025

East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after IAM Locals 700 and 1746 voted to go on strike at RTX’s East Hartford and Middletown Pratt & Whitney plants. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
May 2, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned President Trump’s illegal order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private entity, to defund PBS and NPR.
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Hartford CT Buildings
May 2, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request, which cuts funding for nearly every federal program and fails to invest in customer service needs at the Social Security Administration.
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Front view of the Capitol
May 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Dwight Evans (PA-03), and Lois Frankel (FL-22) released a joint statement calling on the Trump Administration to reverse course on its Social Security claw back rule that would still result in half of the Social Security check of affected seniors being taken away each month because of government mistakes: