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Rep. Larson speaks in the Ways and Means Committee
January 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) opposed H.R. 6918, extreme legislation proposed by Republicans in the House Ways and Means Committee that would divert funding from America’s most impoverished families to dangerous anti-abortion centers. 

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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
January 11, 2024
Washington, D.C. -  Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced $14,652,800 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to build out a statewide electric vehicle charging network across Connecticut. 
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Rep. Larson on the House Floor
January 10, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and a group of his Democratic colleagues took to the House floor calling on Congress to strengthen Social Security and enhance benefits for the first time in more than 50 years. 

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Hartford CT Buildings
January 9, 2024

Connecticut will receive federal funding to purchase 50 electric school buses for two school districts as the Biden administration continues rolling out its infrastructure plans.

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Rep. Larson at the introduction of Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust
January 2, 2024

In the first few hours of 2024, over 220 U.S. workers will have likely paid all their Social Security taxes for the entire year. In contrast, over 160 million workers will pay all year.

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Hartford Connecticut Overhead View
December 19, 2023
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement: “Israel has the unequivocal right to defend itself after the October 7th Hamas attack, but it is clear that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership is failing his country and the region,” said Larson.
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U.S. Capitol Building at Twighlight
December 19, 2023

HARTFORD — The expected donation of 19th century factory buildings to the planned Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford will be a vital step, local and federal leaders said Monday, in making the area under the blue onion dome a destination as well as a window into a cradle of American ingenuity.

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Hartford CT Buildings
December 18, 2023
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (D-CT) released this statement after the Senate voted to confirm Martin O’Malley, former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.    
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Coltsville Event 2023
December 18, 2023
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal, and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, alongside former Senator Joe Lieberman, and National Park Service leaders, announced a new general agreement and a clear path forward to donate property for Coltsville National Historical Park. 
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Hartford CT Buildings
December 18, 2023

Nearly a decade after approval by federal lawmakers, the Coltsville National Historical Park is expected to be officially established in Hartford late next year, now that two of the oldest structures in the neighborhood have been donated for a visitor center.