NORWICH, Connecticut, April 2 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that ThayerMahan, a Groton, CT based company that designs, builds and operates maritime systems for government and commercial customers, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium as one of fifteen projects to receive a total of $8 million in funding in support of the White House'  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, April 2 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Andy Kim (NJ-03), Jim Langevin (RI-02), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) shared a letter they sent to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in support of the seafood and shellfish industry. H.R. 133, passed by Congress in December 2020, authorized   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on March 31, 2021: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement on the American Jobs Plan, which President Biden will formally unveil this afternoon, that will create millions of jobs and reimagine and rebuild a new American economy: "After decades of inadequate investments in America's physical and social infra  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 3 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the death of a Capitol Police Officer following an attack on the Capitol Complex: "I am in shock over the loss of a Capitol Police Officer in an incident at the Capitol this afternoon. "Every day the Capitol Police risk their lives to protect our democracy. In the wake of the January 6 insur  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 1 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement on the American Jobs Plan, which President Biden will formally unveil this afternoon, that will create millions of jobs and reimagine and rebuild a new American economy: "After decades of inadequate investments in America's physical and social infrastructure and four years of failed 'Infrastructur  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report requested in December 2019 to examine former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb's personnel and resource mismanagement that contri  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 31 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) applauded the announcement from the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who do not need to file taxes will receive their stimulus payments from the American Rescue Plan on April 7th. "After almost a month-long wait, I'm glad that Social Secu  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a Capitol Police Officer was killed and another one injured at the Capitol: "I am heartbroken that our nation's Capitol is once again the target of violence and am horrified that a Capitol Police Office has been killed and another one injured. My prayers are with the family of the fallen officer, the injured officer, a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on President Biden's American Jobs Plan, which he is unveiling this afternoon. "President Biden's American Jobs Plan is a welcome initiative after years of empty promises of action on infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given America's infrastructure a D+ rating. President Biden's proposal will make a signi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Governor Ned Lamont today announced plans to make a historic investment in early childhood programs across Connecticut to assist in their ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic impact, including through the release of $210 million from the federal funding the state has received to date to support pandemic recovery ef  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 2 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Executive Director of the CT Restaurant Association Scott Dolch hosted a virtual restaurant relief round table to assist Connecticut restaurant owners with accessing the coronavirus relief funding recently passed by Congress in the American Rescue Plan. "The America Rescue Plan brought us one step closer to recovery  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 3 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Executive Director of the CT Restaurant Association Scott Dolch hosted a virtual restaurant relief round table to assist Connecticut restaurant owners with accessing the coronavirus relief funding recently passed by Congress in the American Rescue Plan. "The America Rescue Plan brought us one step closer to recovery  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: 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) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a harmful rule adopted by the Trump Administration. The rule, "Hearings Held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council" (85 Fed. Reg. 73138), changes the Social Security Admin  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 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 Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, on Wednesday applauded the inclusion of rail funding in the American Jobs Plan as laid out by the Biden administration this morning: "The rail funding proposed in President Biden's American Jobs Plan is a big deal for Connec  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced Sonata Scientific, based in Danbury, has been named "Innovator of the Month." Sonata Scientific, a developer of advanced air purification and antimicrobial products, was established in 2018 to transform science into products that reduce infections acquired in health care settings, eliminate low level volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in criti  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following transcript of an interview on March 28, 2021, on NBC's Meet the Press with Chuck Todd: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined NBC's Meet the Press with Chuck Todd to discuss the path forward on passing comprehensive background checks legislation. On the effort to get 60 Republican votes on a bill that expands background checks, Murphy said: "I'm not interested in getting 50 votes in the Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday released the following statement after the Supreme Court heard arguments in NCAA v Alston, which is centered on the legality of the NCAA's long-standing rules that cap compensation for athletes to scholarships and stipends. "Today, the Supreme Court heard  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Tuesday urged Kuwait to investigate allegations of torture and denial of due process for U.S. military contractors in their custody. In a letter to Kuwait's Ambassador to the United States Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, the senators cited a New York Times Magazine report from October 2020 wh  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 3 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Jahana Hayes (CT-5) this week submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for ways to improve the new food purchase and delivery program. In the letter to Bruce Summer  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday held a press conference with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and gun violence prevention advocates in Hartford to call on the U.S. Senate to pass background checks legislation. "We now have a House of Representatives that has passed a universal background checks bill, that has voted to close the Charleston loop  more