WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Representatives Brian Mast (R-FL), Harley Rouda (D-CA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Fairness for Early Withdrawers Act (H.R. 7016) to safeguard American's retirement savings during the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 7016 would ensure that individuals are able to re-contribute all 2020 required minimum distributions back into their reti  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 27: Yesterday, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and other lawmakers in introducing the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 (PRIA) (H.R. 7011). The bill would create the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program, a system of shared public and private compensation for business interruption losses resulting from future pandemics or public health emergencies. The Pandemic Ri  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to help pass the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010), a new bill that will improve the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small business by providing broader access to the program, and more flexibility in how employers can utilize funding. H.R. 7010 passed the House of Representatives in overwhelming bipartisan fashion by a v  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 27: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, and other Representatives in introducing the Child Care is Essential Act. The new bill would establish a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 27 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following remarks on Memorial Day video honoring those who lost their lives serving in the U.S. Armed Forces: Each year on Memorial Day, we pause to remember those who lost their lives serving the United States in our Armed Forces. And though we may not be able to hold the types of ceremonies we are accustomed to this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, each of us can take time to commemorate their sacrifice. A  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut,issued the following statement on the Agriculture Department's approval on the application of Connecticut to provide households using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to make purchases online: "I welcome today's move by the USDA to clear the way for Connecticut families with SNAP benefits to make grocery purchases online. The coronavirus pandemic has hit Connecticut particularly hard, so innovative solutions like this t  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Health and Human Services Department's report on COVID-19 testing as required by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act: "From the moment this pandemic reached our shores, President Trump and his administration's response has been woefully inadequate, abdicating all responsibility. There was never any plan to address the pandemic, and their new strategy report continues t  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced new legislation, the Child Care is Essential Act, to create a $5  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Hayes introduced the Child Care is Essential Act, to create a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization Fund within the existing Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program to help child care providers recover from the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Congresswoman Hayes was joined by the Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, May 27 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) will host in the following public event open to the press on Thursday, May 28th. Congressional Oversight During the COVID Pandemic Congressman Jim Himes will join Congressman Jamie Raskin, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Walter Shaub, former Director of the Office of Government Ethics and Senior Advisor at Citizens for Responsibility a  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted how communities of color in Connecticut have been affected by the COVID-19 and the disparities that exist during a Ways and Means hearing , on the "Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color." This was first virtual hearing the House of Representatives held since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated communities of co  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement in support of 9/11 families in their pursuit of justice: The statement was co-authored by Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, Jim Himes, D-Connecticut and Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut. "For nearly two decades, the families of 9/11 victims have sought justice regarding Saudi Arabia's participation in the unspeakable terrorist attacks on our nation on September 11, 2001. "We  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on May 28 death of ex-Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson: "Sam Johnson was an iconic American war hero. He epitomized the stoic silence and toughness needed to persevere through his captivity by the Viet Cong. He was a decent, caring, and humble American whose nobility was measured by his actions, not his words. Engraved above the Speaker's rostrum in the House of Representatives it says, 'th  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the bipartisan PPP Flexibility Act to ensure that the Paycheck Protection Program better reflects small businesses' needs. "I have heard from hundreds of small businesses in the First District since the beginning of the pandemic. Despite the relief provided by the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the current guidelines have proved to be too restrictive. Many busi  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced the opening of a rapid testing site at the Samuel V. Arroyo Recreation Center in Hartford. The testing site, located at 30 Pope Park Drive in Hartford, will be open to the public by appointment at no cost. Licensed health care providers from MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic of CVS Health, supported by CVS Pharmacy colleagues, wi  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced they will be introducing the Pandemic Essential Supplies Act. The Act will instruct the Defense Logistics Agency to lead the federal management, procurement and distribution of emergency supplies that are critical for our nation's COVID-19 response. "The federal government has mostly left states on their own. Since the start of the COVID-1  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Reps. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, and Tom Reed, R-New York, issued the following statements on May 20 after a roundtable discussion on Social Security and COVID-19 pandemic: "The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency. We need to act now to strengthen Social Security. Even before the pandemic struck, Social Security was set to be paying out more than it was taking in. During the discussion, I made it clear that this is the time to roll up our sleeves and work. "  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Virginia, Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, Doug Jones, D-Alaska and Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, to cover the wages and benefits of employees of affected businesses and nonprofits until the economic and public health crisis is resolved: "Each day, more Americans are finding themselves out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic. That is why I'm proud to cosponsor the Payc  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, calling on the Trump administration to support the 9/11 survivors and family members in their pursuit of justice: "We stand with the 9/11 families as the Trump Administration obfuscates the truth. We are committed to justice and closure in this deeply traumatizing chapter of American history while the Trump Administration seems det  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following transcript on May 29 of an interview with Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell on NBC News: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell for a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations. Murphy and Mitchell discussed the geopolitical ramifications of COVID-19, the Tru  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that New Haven start-up, Rallybio, has been named "Murphy's Innovator of the Month." Founded in 2018, Rallybio is a biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to identify and accelerate the development of transformative therapies for patients with severe and rare disorders. Founders Martin Mackay, Steve Uden, and Jeff Fryer spent the  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced the intention to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty: "Withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty a disastrous national security decision by the Trump administration that has our enemies cheering. "Arms control agreements were once a bulwark of Republican foreign policy under the Reagan and Bush Administrations. "President Trump's reflexive opposition to any type  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on reports that State Department Inspector General Steve Linick had completed his investigation into the use of emergency authorities to force through an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries before he was fired: "The Trump Administration's justification for bypassing the congressional review process for Saudi arms sales was always extremely suspect, and if Inspector General Lini  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 29: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday made the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO): "Leaving the WHO in the middle of a pandemic that is killing 2,000 Americans a day will go down as one of the worst catastrophes of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, calling on the Trump administration to support the 9/11 survivors and family members in their pursuit of justice: "We stand with the 9/11 families as the Trump Administration obfuscates the truth. "We are committed to justice and closure in this deeply trauma  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), along with 24 colleagues, to call on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an investigation into the patterns and practices of racially discriminatory and violent policing in the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). "Given the repeated instances   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 20 of their Senate colleagues joined a letter led by Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urging Senate leadership to provide emergency assistance to nonprofit museums in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Senators asked to direct $2 billion to nonprofit museums through the Institute of Museums and Library Services in the upcomin  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Governor Ned Lamont, U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4), and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti announced CTDOT will receive $29,900,000 through a Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair grant. The federal funding will be used to replace the existing movable W  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), introduced the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act (GHSDA), legislation to better detect, deter, and contain infectious disease outbreaks overseas before they become global pandemics. "It took only six months for CO  more