WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 29: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and the House of Representatives voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 (H.R. 7575). The 2020 WRDA would authorize the study and construction of locally driven projects across the U.S. in cooperation and consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These projects are essential to everything from preserving and growing our nation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 30: Last night, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass two bills that would help stabilize the child care sector, support providers' ability to safely reopen and operate, and support working parents to access safe, quality care. The Child Care Is Essential Act (H.R. 7027) and the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act (H.R. 7327) would create a new program to direct funding to American child   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 7617, a legislative package that includes the defense appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2021. That measure includes funding Courtney has worked on a bipartisan basis to include that would restore a second, fully-funded Virginia-class submarine in FY 2021--the same funding level authorized in the FY2021 National Def  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Following reports this morning that U.S. economic output fell by an unprecedented 9.5% in the second quarter--the fastest pace on record--Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) spoke from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to call on the Senate bring forward a serious new aid package that responds to the growing economic fallout from COVID-19. In his remarks, Courtney used the words of General Geo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), announced that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had completed its report on the financial impact of crumbling foundations that the Members requested as part of the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The report--the first of its kind from a federal agency to exp  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced $2,729,770 in federal funding for the Town of Stratford, CT, at the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to reduce vulnerability to coastal floods. This funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will cover 36 percent of the project's total cost of $7,556,800 and is critical to mitigating the risk and damage of floods at WPCF. "This pas  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, led House Democrats in passing her child care relief bill, H.R. 7027, the Child Care is Essential Act, to create a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization fund and invest in child care so that providers across Connecticut have the resources they need to safely re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, led House Democrats in passing H.R. 7617, the second minibus of the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, that includes the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill. This legislation invests in the programs at the center of the co  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), released the following statement after Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield declined to appear before the Subcommittee to discuss emergency coronavirus funding needs and data reporti  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Senate Republican's COVID-19 proposal: "The coronavirus has cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their lives and tens of millions more their livelihoods. The scale of this challenge is unlike any our nation has faced in peacetime, and it cries out for a bold response. "Congressional Democrats met the moment with The Heroes Act, which would provide $3.5 trillion to defeat the virus, stave off econom  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), and Greg Steube (R-FL) this week introduced H.R. 7868, the Strengthening America's Families Act (SAFA), which would use research and the science of child development to transform the child welfare system. There is irrefutable scientific evidence demonstrating the clear link between  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 7027, the Child Care is Essential Act, a bill cosponsored and introduced by Congresswoman Hayes (CT-05). The Child Care is Essential Act would create a $50 billion dollar 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). Cong  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Hayes (CT-05), will introduce a House Resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Congresswoman Hayes, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), will be joined by Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) to introduce the Resolution. Senators Brown, Booker, and Harris introduced S.Res.655, a companion Resolution in the   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 30: Last night, The House of Representatives passed the Childcare is Essential Act and the Childcare for Economic Recovery Act. These bills are essential to providing immediate relief for suffering childcare centers and providing long-term stability to the industry. While many childcare centers have remained open during the pandemic, new regulations requiring increased safety procedures and limiting  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House passed the FY 2021 Labor-HHS Appropriations package. The bill includes provisions that block two rules proposed by the Trump Administration that would cause severe harm to individuals with disabilities. It also includes a $100 million increase in the Social Security Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted the Senate Republican plan for the next COVID-19 relief bill. "This effort is too little too late from the Senate Republicans. Ten weeks ago the House passed the Heroes Act which extends Unemployment Insurance into 2021, provides vital funding to state and local governments to pay our first responders and teachers, establishes a Hero Fund for frontline workers, expa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the fiscal 2021 Defense Appropriations package that passed the House: "This defense funding package continues to make strong investments in our nation's national security and in turn Connecticut's robust defense manufacturing base. It also includes a needed pay raise for our troops. Thousands of Connecticut residents work on programs supporting our military and many more benefit the from economic activit  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 29: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act (H.R. 7327) and the Child Care is Essential Act (H.R. 7027). "The COVID-19 pandemic has hit our economy across the board, but child care providers have been especially impacted. "Already, 13 percent of parents have either had to reduce their hours or leave their jobs because of difficulties finding care. If som  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: Representatives John Larson (CT-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), announced that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had completed its report on the financial impact of crumbling foundations that the Members requested as part of the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The report--the first of its kind from a federal agency to e  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to stop proposed changes to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "We write out of concern for the Department of Agriculture's proposed changes to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program and to urge you to stop   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Thursday that Farmington innovator CaroGen Corporation has been named "Innovator of the Month." CaroGen is a private biotechnology company with a patented and transformative novel immunotherapy and vaccine platform called AVIDIO or Artificial Virus for Infectious Diseases and Immuno-Oncology. The AVIDIO platform technology was licensed from Yale Univ  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor blasting his Republicans colleagues' latest COVID-19 relief proposal, unveiled more than 10 weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act. In his remarks, Murphy highlighted the need for a comprehensive testing regime and increased assistance for state and local governments and hospitals.   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- 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, on Thursday pressed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Russian misinformation campaigns ahead of the 2020 election, the president's withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) during a pandemic, and the capabilities the United States needs to counter China. On Russia ramping up its disinfo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- 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. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) this week introduced the Ukraine Security Partnership Act to provide security assistance and strategic support to Ukraine. "It's been a rough  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), announced that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had completed its report on the financial impact of crumbling foundations that the Members requested as part of the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The report--the first of its kind from a federa  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: As the U.S. Senate prepares for a debate on additional COVID-19 relief, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), highlighted growing support for their legislation to increase funding for students with disabilities. The Supporting Children with Disabilities  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 32 of their senate colleagues in a letter led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue critical flexibilities that have allowed students to access much-needed meals throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. If extended throughout the 2  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 28: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the COVID-19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act, legislation to prevent health care providers from taking drastic steps to collect medical debts from patients - including seizing bank accounts and garnishing wages. Nearly one in four working-age American adults report having problems paying their medical bills.  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) this week sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons urging the FTC to take immediate action to protect workers suffering undue harm from the imposition and enforcement of employers' non-compete agreements during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and to finalize a rule the FTC  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would prohibit federal funds for police in schools, diverting existing resources towards the use of counselors, social workers, and other services and supports to help marginalized students and improv  more