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Hartford, CT – U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined in announcing resolutions congratulating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team for winning the 2023 NCAA Division I Championship.
Washington, DC – Today, 107 Members, led by Representatives John B. Larson (D-CT), Susan Wild (D-PA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Doris Matsui (D-CA), wrote to House appropriators in support of increased funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to improve customer service.
Faced with a doggedly high unemployment rate, Bristol has directed a hefty share of its American Rescue Plan Act aid to a new campaign to connect out-of-work residents with good jobs.
The plan to use $2.4 million in federal aid for BristolWORKS!, Bristol’s new campaign against unemployment, brought a rare showing of bipartisan applause, with Democratic and Republican leaders praising the decision.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries andWays and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report.
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) led 135 House members in support of the F-35 fighter jet and F135 engine in this year’s appropriations bills. Rep. Larson has long advocated for the F135 program that supports more than 53,000 jobs, including 27,000 jobs and nearly 100 suppliers in Connecticut.
Washington, D.C. - During today’s Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) asked Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to elaborate on the administration's efforts to implement the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) provisions to lower Americans’ prescription drug costs.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a gunwoman shot and killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee:
It has been 20 years since “Shock and Awe,” the code name given to the aerial bombardment that commenced America’s war in Iraq.
U.S. spy agencies wrongly suggested Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and some U.S. officials suggested Iraqi officials had ties to al-Qaida leaders following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, despite evidence of deep antipathy between the two sides.
In 2002, those arguments were so convincing that the U.S. House of Representatives voted 296-to-133 to approve the resolution to go to war with Iraq.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement marking the 13th anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law:
Hartford, CT – Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Governor Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is receiving a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a unified, statewide public transit information system for mobile devices.
The grant is being awarded through the competitive Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) discretionary grant program, which was created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.