WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 16: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined legislation led by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) in leading a call for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the Equality Ac  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, June 20 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the U.S. Navy announced its decision to uphold the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt: "After reviewing the Navy's investigative report, I am still not convinced the firing of Captain Brett Crozier was warranted,". "Last March, at the outset of the COVID-19 outbreak, Captain Crozier was put in an unknown and impossible position. At that time  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, June 17 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 16: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Dairy Caucus, released a letter he wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross requesting immediate assistance for aquaculture producers in Connecticut to access new funding through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (C  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration cannot proceed with their plan to end the DACA program that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, known as Dreamers: "I am delighted that with the Supreme Court's decision today, we can finally say Dreamers, including almost 4,000 DACA recipients in Connecticut, are here to stay. "It is unsurprising that the Supreme Cou  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender workers: "Today's Supreme Court decision is an important victory in the fight for LGBTQ equality in this country. "Enshrining in law that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees is a watershed moment for LGBTQ activists across the nation. "No one sh  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie responded to her letter questioning if veterans were being prescribed hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19: "Fifty-five days after I sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Wilkie with questions on whether veterans are still being prescribed hydroxychloroquine, I received this letter. "The VA spent has spent $2 milli  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia was under a cyberattack from a state-based actor: "In light of Prime Minister Morrison's announcement that Australia is under cyberattack by a 'sophisticated state-based cyber actor,' we offer our unconditional support for our Australian ally. "As Prime Minister Morrison has outlined, these attac  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Congresswoman Hayes led Connecticut delegation members and 22 House Democrats in condemning the Department of Education decision issued last month to strike down Connecticut's transgender inclusive athletic policy. On May 15, the Department of Education issued a determination letter finding that the Connecticut athletic policy allowing transgender students to compete in accordance with thei  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to block President Trump's attempts to end DACA: "The Supreme Court's ruling provides enormous relief to the thousands of DREAMers in the United States. "I commend the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court for upholding the rule of law. DREAMers are Americans. "They grew up here and this is their home. Instead of supporting them and creating a path towards citizenship  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 18: During today's Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Hearing on tax relief to support workers and families during COVID-19, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) called for action to address economic inequalities in COVID-19 recovery efforts. "As we move forward to provide economic relief to workers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to remember our natio  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following letter on June 16: The murder of George Floyd in broad daylight - as he pleaded for his life saying he can't breathe while a police officer held him down and choked the life out of him - has both sickened and angered me... as I know it has all of you. This is not an isolated or remote occurrence, as further punctuated by the recent murders of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. As my good friend, Vietnam veteran, ret  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), and Katie Porter (D-CA-45) wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar demanding answers to HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) providing at least $1.5 billion interest-free loans to health care companies owned by multi-billion dollar Wall Street private equity firms while community hospital  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 18: Yesterday, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul, urging SSA to share vital information on Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) with Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries w  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Ahead of World Refugee Day, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA) led a group of 81 Democratic Members of Congress condemning the Trump Administration for its harmful policies that have dismantled the United States' asylum system and demanded the reversal of these harmful measures. The lawmakers listed nearly a dozen various Trump administration  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 17: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday applauded Senate passage of the Great American Outdoors Act. The bipartisan legislation, which passed by a vote of 73-25, fully and permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at $900 million per year. The LWCF is the main federal program to ensure protection of and access to our public lands. The Great American Outdoors   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 18 statement on the Supreme Court's decision to overrule the Trump administration's attempt to rescind the DACA program: "For far too long, Dreamers and their loved ones have been living in limbo under the threat of deportation. "It's a relief that today's Supreme Court decision ends some of this uncertainty and continues to protect Dreamers". "But this is only a partial, temporary victory  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and a group of bipartisan senators joined a letter led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) calling for the expansion of access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic to be made permanent. Provisions from the Schatz-authored CONNECT for Health Act that have allowed Medicare beneficiaries in all areas of the country, and in  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) calling on Americans to buy products made in the U.S. whenever possible in order to support American jobs and manufacturing, and help build up the U.S. supply chain. This resolution was also sponsored by Senators Kelly Loeffler (D-  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: All 47 Senate Democrats, including U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter led by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza. In the   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday led a bipartisan group of seven of their colleagues in expressing concern over recent events in Yemen and urging the United States to help facilitate a comprehensive diplomatic solution to end the devastating war and ensuing humanitarian disaster. In a le  more