WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following statement after the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released its draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 defense appropriations bill. Included in the Subcommittee's plan is funding to restore a second, fully-funded Virginia-class submarine in FY 2021. Specifically, the  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 9: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and the House Appropriations Committee, approved by voice vote an amendment offered by Subcommittee Chairman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencie  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Co-Chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus, and the House Appropriations Committee, approved by voice vote the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Interior-Environment spending bill that included $30.4 million for the Long Island Sound Geographic Program. This record funding is $9.4 million over the FY 2020 enacted level of $21 million. "The Long Island Sound is a national treasur  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on July 8 after the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that employers could contraception coverage from health plans: "Today's dangerous Supreme Court ruling to deny thousands of women access to birth control is devastating. "Family planning resources should not depend on where you work or go to school, and an employer's personal beliefs should not be able to dictate contraception coverage. "The Supre  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The House Appropriations Committee released the draft fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation includes funding for programs within the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and other related agencies, including the Social Security Administration.   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced 33 non-profit art organizations located in Connecticut's 4th District received the Connecticut CARES Act Emergency Relief Grant. The Connecticut Office of Arts awarded $350,000 in grants statewide. "Congratulations to the 33 arts organizations on their CARES Act grants," said Congressman Himes. "These grants will be used to preserve jobs and maintain Southwest Connec  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee's approval of $13 billion for the Social Security Administration's (SSA) FY 2021 budget with an increase of $100 million above FY 2020. The bill also includes provisions that block two rules proposed by the Trump Administration that would cause severe harm to individuals   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Trump Administration's rule that allows employers to refuse to cover their employees' birth control under their company health insurance plan. Larson signed onto the amicus brief opposing the rule and will cosponsor legislation to repeal the Administration's rules that expand the exemption to the Affordable   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Social Security COVID-19 Correction and Equity Act. This bill prevents an unintended and unanticipated devastating cut to Social Security benefits for those who turn 60 in 2020, and expands benefits for those who need it most during COVID who have faced long term systemic economic inequalities.   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CD-1), Rosa DeLauro (CD-3), Joe Courtney (CD-2), Jim Himes (CD-4), and Jahana Hayes (CD-5) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (UDSA) to reverse its decision to prohibit shellfish aquaculture from being eligible for direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and USMCA Working Group Members sent a letter to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calling for a detailed response to reports of labor practices in Mexico that fail to comply with those outlined in the new NAFTA agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In their letter, the Members wrote, "failure   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI), Chair of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and Labor Subcommittee released the following statement on the Trump Administration's threats to defund public education if schools do n  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- 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, led a group of Senate Democrats, including U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), in urging U.S. State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo to encourage prompt, free, and fair elections in Bolivi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CD-1), Rosa DeLauro (CD-3), Joe Courtney (CD-2), Jim Himes (CD-4), and Jahana Hayes (CD-5) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (UDSA) to reverse its decision to prohibit shellfish aquaculture from being eligible for direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CF  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: As coronavirus cases nationwide surge to record levels, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and 13 Democratic senators joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in demanding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bring the House-passed Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or the HEROES Act, to the Senate floor before the chamber  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and nine Democrats on the HELP Committee joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to rescind all the rules, guidance and policies she has issued during her tenure to diminish protections for students based on their sexual o  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and nine Democrats on the Committee joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) demanding that Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar rescind his harmful rule excluding LGBTQIA+ patients from the anti-discrimination protections of Section 1557 of the Af  more