117th Congress

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis and Ranking Member Jackie Walorski and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson and Ranking Member Tom Reed released the following statement regarding GAO’s report on benefits paid to foster youth by the Social Security Administration (SSA), which was mandated by the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018.

Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the winner of the First Congressional District Art Competition during a virtual ceremony.

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) praised the Biden-Harris FY22 budget.

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the announcement that President Biden’s budget includes a 9.7 percent increase in the Social Security Administration’s budget for 2022.

Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) visited Manchester and met with Mayor Jay Moran, Town Manager Scott Shanley, and other town officials to discuss how the town will be using $300,000 of the funding they received from the American Rescue Plan to expand their Human Services program.

Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 (H.R. 3517) with Reps. Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Michael Burgess M.D. (TX-26), and Jackie Walorski (IN-02) to improve access to osteoporosis screening.

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Rep. John B. Larson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security, and Rep. Danny K. Davis, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, of the Committee on Ways and Means, applauded an arbitrator’s decision to overturn a labor contract imposed during the Trump Administration at the Social Security Administration (SSA) and require agency management and union representatives to resume negotiations.

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.R.3233, the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act, and blasted Republicans who opposed it.