116th Congress
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April 3, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5), on Friday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the department to immediately halt plans to finalize or move forward with regulations that will limit people in Connecticut from accessing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Issues:COVID-19 Resources
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April 2, 2020
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced Connecticut’s First District will receive over $7.3 million in funding from the Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help low-income Americans that was allocated from the CARES Act that Congress passed last week.
Issues:COVID-19 Resources
April 2, 2020
WASHINGTON — Social Security beneficiaries will now automatically receive their coronavirus stimulus checks after a change made by the Trump administration late Wednesday night.
Lawmakers on Wednesday decried a policy enacted by the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week that would have required Social Security beneficiaries to file a simple tax return to receive the benefit although many of the beneficiaries — mostly seniors and the disabled — are not normally required to pay taxes.
Issues:Social Security
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April 2, 2020
House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the U.S. Treasury Department’s announcement that they would allow Social Security beneficiaries to receive COVID-19 relief payments automatically without having to file tax returns.
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April 1, 2020
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), and Select Revenues Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), and Ways and Means Members Reps. Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, urging the IRS to provide automatic COVID-19 Relief Payments to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries.
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COVID-19 Congressional Action
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COVID-19 Resources: Housing
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COVID-19 Resources:Economic Impact Payments
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COVID-19 Resources: Unemployment Benefits