117th Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives has authorized nearly $780 billion in military spending that would keep Connecticut’s three Pentagon contractors and hundreds of suppliers busy building fighter jet engines, helicopters and submarines.
The National Defense Authorization Act, which the House backed Tuesday in a bipartisan vote of 363-70, now heads to the Senate. It’s among the first steps toward final approval for the federal budget that begins next year.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) held a hearing entitled "The Fierce Urgency of Now – Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust."
Max Richtman, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, wrote the following op-ed that appeared in The Hill:
