WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Labor issued the following information for a virtual hearing entitled: "Ready or Not: U.S. Public Health Infrastructure" at 10 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2021: Witnesses * Dr. Marilyn Bibbs-Freeman, Deputy Director, Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, Office of the Secretary of Administration, Commonwealth of Virginia * Jennifer Kertanis, Director of Health, Farmington Valley Health District, Connecticut * Dr. Umai  more

VERNON, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today released projected allocations that towns and cities in Connecticut's second Congressional district would receive under the American Rescue Plan, the next COVID-19 relief bill currently under bipartisan consideration in the House. According to current estimates, eastern CT local governments could at least $167 million through the new relief  more

VERNON, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee, today released projected allocations that school districts in Connecticut's second Congressional district would receive under the American Rescue Plan--the long-awaited, comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill currently being negotiated in the House of Representatives. According to current estimates, eastern  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that her Legislative Director Liz Albertine will succeed Leticia Mederos as Chief of Staff. Leticia Mederos is retiring after 22 years of service. Additionally, after serving as part of DeLauro's legislative staff since 2017, Christian Lovell will succeed Liz Albertine as Legislative Direc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued this statement on the U.S. Senate vote to acquit former President Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection: "Former President Trump incited a violent insurrection against the United States that caused carnage and mayhem and resulted in the death of seven individuals and countless lasting injuries. His refusal to ac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * Anyone with eyes, ears, and the ability to discern fact from fiction could clearly see Donald Trump incited a seditious riot - an act of domestic terrorism - to break the American tradition of the peaceful transition of power on January 6. The lies Donald Trump told leading up to this riot, and continued telling even as insurrectionists breached the Capitol, left many dead, hundreds injured, and countle  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 15 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Senate voted to acquit President Trump in his second impeachment trial: "Today a majority of Senators found former President Trump guilty of inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The House managers presented a clear and powerful argument. By all accounts, Donald Trump should have been convicted. Even Mitch  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called on Facebook and Twitter to put a stop to the social media harassment and COVID-19 vaccine disinformation campaigns by antivax groups targeting expectant mothers and women who have experienced miscarriages. Recent reporting revealed that mothers who have posted about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on social media have experienced abuse and harassment by   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- 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 released the following statement on the Biden administration's announcement for U.S. re-engagement with Iran. Specifically, the administration announced that the Secretary of State will accept an invitation to participate in an upcoming P5+1 meeting with Iran; the lifting of the Trump administr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Saturday released the following statement after he voted to convict former President Trump for "incitement of insurrection": "In the days following the election of Joe Biden, I went to the Senate floor to speak out against the epidemic of delusion that was spreading across the Republican Party. President Trump and his loyalists were spewing bald-faced lies to  more