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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday June 13, 2021 ( 26 items )  

As VP Harris Travels to Mexico and Central America, Murphy, Menendez, Senate Democrats Boost Diplomatic Efforts to Address Causes of Irregular Migration, Foster Stability in Central U.S.
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and 17 of their Senate colleagues on Friday voiced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris' leadership of the Biden administration's diplomatic efforts to address and mitigate the unde  more

Chairman Larson Announces Subcommittee Hearing on Equity in Social Security
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on "Equity in Social Security: In Their Own Words," on Tuesday, June 15, at 2:00 PM EST. This hearing will take place remotely via Cisco Webex video conferencing. Members of the public ma  more

Rep. Courtney Announces More Than $252 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding for Towns and Cities Across Eastern Conn.
NORWICH, Connecticut, June 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced the official allocation of $252.4 million in American Rescue Plan funding to towns and cities throughout eastern Connecticut that were hit hard by COVID-19. According to final funding allocations from the U.S. Treasury Department, the American Rescue Plan will provide eastern CT local governments with more than $110 million, in addition to more than $142 mill  more

Rep. Courtney Announces Targeted Support for Six Eastern Conn. Infrastructure Projects Included in House Infrastructure Investment Package
NORWICH, Connecticut, June 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that six of his Member Designated Project requests for infrastructure projects throughout eastern Connecticut were officially approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee as part of the House's surface transportation reauthorization bill, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in Americ  more

Rep. DeLauro Announces More Than $25,000 for Stratford Fire Department
STRATFORD, Connecticut, June 12 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced $25,996 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) for Stratford Fire Department firefighter training. This grant is one of 27 awards nationwide from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included in Round 1 of fiscal year 2020 AFG. "Losing City of New Haven firefighter Ricardo Torres last   more

Rep. DeLauro Request for $20 Million for New Haven's Downtown Crossing Included in Surface Transportation Legislation
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 8 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro's (D-CT-03) Member Designated Project request for $20 million to complete New Haven's Downtown Crossing is included in the INVEST American Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. "The City of New Haven's Downtown Crossing Project is one   more

Rep. DeLauro Statement on OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) announcement of a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS): "The failed leadership of the previous administration prioritized profits over workers' lives. By turning a blind eye and refusing to set an OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard  more

Rep. DeLauro Statement on Senate Failure to Advance Paycheck Fairness Act
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 8, 2021: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on today's Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work: "Tonight's Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act should not have been a partisan vote but rather a vote of conscience. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act nearly 60 years ago, a  more

Rep. Hayes Announces the Inclusion of Over $17 Million in Funding for Five CT-05 Projects in Infrastructure Package
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) announced the inclusion of her requested Member Designated Projects in the proposed Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act. The five projects selected for consideration, totaling $17.4 million, span the Fifth District in city centers, small towns, and rural areas. The requested projects included are in Morris, B  more

Rep. Hayes Announces Winners of the 2021 Congressional Arts Competition
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes is excited to announce the first place winner of the 2021 Congressional Arts Competition, Anna Goodwin, a junior at Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury, Connecticut, who was selected for her piece, "Allegro" a drawing in colored pencil. A total of four artworks were selected to be displayed in the Capitol Tunnel, the Connecticut and Washington, D.C. offices, and the Mattatuck Muse  more

Rep. Larson Announces $16 Million Greater Hartford Mobility Study Included in Infrastructure Funding Package
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that his $16 million Community Funding Project request for the Greater Hartford Mobility Study was included in the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (the INVEST in America Act). "I'm pleased to announce that $16 million to fund the Greater Hartford Mobility Study was included in the INVEST in America   more

Rep. Larson: American Rescue Plan Delivers More Than Half a Billion for First District
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that First District municipalities and school districts will be receiving more than half a billion dollars in COVID relief after county funding was allocated to local municipalities. "As vaccination rates have gone up and unemployment rates have gone down, we know the American Rescue Plan is working. Over the past few weeks, I've seen f  more

Rep. Larson: Funding for Greater Hartford Mobility Study Passes House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the passage of the INVEST in America Act, out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee which included $16 million for the Greater Hartford Mobility Study. Larson submitted the funding as part of a Community Funding Project request. "The Greater Hartford Mobility Study will be the blueprint for upgrading the Hartford region's infrastructure. For too  more

Reps. DeLauro, Himes Announce Nearly $1.3 Million YouthBuild Grant for the WorkPlace
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, June 12 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) today announced that The WorkPlace in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been awarded $1,292,935 under the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration YouthBuild program. These federal funds DeLauro and Himes helped secure will be used to help young people reach key educational and career  more

Reps. Hayes, Clark Introduce Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act to Improve Academic Advancement and Combat Learning Loss After COVID-19
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) introduced the Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act to form a $100 billion application-based grant program to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting consequences in the education system. The bill invests in solutions to learning loss and addresses students' social, emotional, mental, and behavioral needs th  more

Sen. Murphy Statement Following VA West Haven Steam Explosion Report
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the release of the OSHA report regarding the steam explosion at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven campus on November 13, 2020: "This report proves what we already knew: our VA facilities are in need of serious overhaul and increased investment. The tragedy last November was prev  more

Sen. Murphy Statement on Bipartisan Negotiations to Expand Background Checks
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement on his bipartisan negotiations to expand background checks: "I've spent a lot of time talking with Senator Cornyn about proposals to increase background checks. I have been very open to compromise and I think Senator Cornyn was negotiating in good faith. "But we haven't been able to get to a bill that would meaning  more

Sen. Murphy Statement on Capitol Insurrection Senate Report
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the U.S. Capitol Police, on Tuesday released the following statement on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and Senate Rules Committees' joint report on the January 6th Capitol insurrection: "  more

Sen. Murphy, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Compliance With Mental Health Parity Laws
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R-La.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, on Tuesday introduced legislation that would incentivize further compliance with federal mental health parity laws. The Parity Implementation Assistance Act would authorize $25 million in grants to states to support their oversight over hea  more

Sen. Murphy, Reps. McEachin, Bonamici Introduce Legislation to End Corporal Punishment in Schools
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) on Thursday re-introduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act to federally prohibit the practice of corporal punishment in any school that receives federal funding. The legislation would also establish much-needed enforcement protections and a federal grant program to assist   more

Senate Passes Murphy's Development Finance Corporation Provision in U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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 Tuesday applauded passage of his provision to allow the United States to better compete with Chinese development finance institutions in the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. Specifically, Murphy's language 1) increases the Development Finance Corporation (DFC)'s liability limit from   more

Senate Passes Murphy, Portman, Graham, Brown, Stabenow 'Buy American' Bill to Improve Transparency and Support U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Tuesday applauded the United States Senate for passing their bipartisan BuyAmerican.gov Act as a part of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. This legislation will establish a centralized online hub to increase transparency and ensure federal agencies prio  more

Sens. Murphy, Baldwin Applaud Biden Administration's Support for Domestic Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Under Defense Production Act
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, on Wednesday applauded the Biden administration's announcement to boost the United States' pharmaceutical supply chain under the Defense Production Act (DPA), including an initial commitment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of ap  more

Sens. Murphy, Blumenthal Urge Increased Funding to Combat Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: In a letter sent on Friday to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for $50 million to bolster the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) efforts to prevent and add  more

Sens. Murphy, Portman Applaud Inclusion of Provision to Fight Global Propaganda and Disinformation in Passage of U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday applauded passage of their provision to authorize $150 million in FY22 funding for the Global Engagement Center (GEC) in order to counter propaganda and disinformation from countries like China and Russia, as well as foreign non-state actors, as part of t  more

Sens. Murphy, Warren, Reps. Porter, Pocan Raise Concerns Over Pfizer Executives' Threats to Raise COVID-19 Vaccine Prices Despite Massive Profits
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) sent a letter to Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, raising concerns over Pfizer executives' statements earlier this year indicating the company would significantly raise the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, once the pandemic subsides. "As lawm  more