WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Boozman (R-AR), senior members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, arrived in Normandy, France today with a bipartisan Senate delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied forces during World War II. After arriving in France this morning, the delegation met with World War II veterans and attended a ceremony with American an  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Boozman (R-AR), senior members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, will lead a bipartisan Senate delegation traveling to Normandy, France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion by Allied forces during World War II. "It will be the privilege of a lifetime to pay homage to the Allied and American fighters - brave beyond words - who stormed  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD, CT] - In advance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-CT), joined colleagues in passing a resolution commemorating this historic operation and expressing gratitude and appreciation to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces and Allied troops responsib  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the statement below following the Biden Administration's publication of the final management plan and assessment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, the first-ever marine national monument located in the Atlantic Ocean: "Release of this plan is a thrilling next step in our fight to preserve a precious, pristine marine eco  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Senate colleagues in introducing the Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act of 2024. U.S. Senator Blumenthal joins U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Chris Murphy (D-CT). U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) introduced companion legis  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] -U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released a statement following Governor Ned Lamont's announcement that state funding to address flooding at Job's pond will be voted on during Friday's State Bond Commission meeting. "This state funding is crucial to unlocking $500,000 in federal funding to provide immediate relief to the beleaguered homeowners on Job's Pond. I saw firsth  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-WI) announced that Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will testify at a hearing at 2 PM on Tuesday, June 18. "Five years ago, Boeing made a promise to overhaul its safety practices and culture. That promise proved empty, and the American people deserve an explanation," said Bl  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-WI) announced that Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan will testify at a hearing, Coast Guard Oversight: Sexual Assault and Harassment, at 3:30 PM on Tuesday, June 11. In September 2023, PSI opened a bipartisan inquiry into the Coast Guard's internal review o  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) to introduce the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2024. This legislation improves the farm safety net and expands federal crop insurance by allowing small farms to better access crop insurance policies often limited to large, commercial farms to protect t  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement on a proclamation issued by President Biden to strengthen border security and limit unlawful border crossings: "House and Senate Republicans have rejected every serious legislative effort to address and end the crisis at the border. I applaud President Biden for his leadership and for taking action to address the probl  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Durbin: "My Senate colleagues will have to decide how they want to be remembered during this historic vote. Do they want to be remembered for blocking the effort to protect the right to access contraception? Or for standing on the right side of history and protecting reproductive rights?" During the week marking the 59th anniversary of the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut decision, in which the Supreme  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), joined by Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), introduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2024. This legislation improves the farm safety net and expands federal crop insurance by allowing small farms to better access crop insurance policies often limited to  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Nearly 50 years after the Supreme Court's Griswold v. Connecticut decision protecting access to contraception, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) has joined legislation to codify this right in federal law. The Right to Contraception Act would guarantee the right for people to obtain and use contraceptives and for health care providers to prescribe contraceptives and make available information related to contra  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I also want to thank the witnesses, Mr. Goss from the Social Security Actuaries, Dr. Swagel from the Congressional Budget Office, and Mr. Huston from the Congressional Research Service. Let's cut to the chase: we need a vote on the Democratic and Republican plans for Social Security. Here's why we need that vote: Social Security benefits are  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, during a hearing on the solvency of Social Security, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) highlighted the urgent need for Congress to extend the solvency of Social Security and enhance benefits by making the wealthy pay their fair share. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here. "Republicans are busy attacking Social Security. What is their plan for  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the impact of abortion bans on healthcare access across the country. In his questions to Dr. Nisha Verma, Fellow at Georgia's Physicians for Reproductive Health, Dr. Allison Linton, Chief Medical Officer at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, and Destiny Lopez, acting co-CEO of t  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday led 33 of his colleagues in calling on Amazon to provide the information requested by the members in their January 10, 2024 letter regarding the company's Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program and its efforts to avoid legal liability for the persistent mistreatment of DSP driver  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: 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 Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would establish federal protections for contraception. If passed, the bill, which Murphy co-sponsored, would have guaranteed the right for people t  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Tuesday released the following statement on President Biden's Executive Actions to address challenges at the border: "For years, Republicans and Democrats have acknowledged that our asylum and immigration system is broken. That's why every recent president, including President Trump, has  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD- In advance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined their Congressional colleagues in passing a resolution commemorating this historic operation and expressing gratitude and appreciation to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces and Allied troops responsible for carrying out the unprecedented maneuver that proved decisive   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), on Thursday led a group of senators advocating that the Biden administration finalize the mental health parity rules that they proposed last summer. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Be  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the Senate's vote on the Right to Contraception Act and ahead of the 59th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Right to Contraception Act in the House, which would codify and strengthen the right for individuals to access contraception. "Women have a right to the full range of reproductive health care, incl  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower Subcommittee, issued the following statement following the House Appropriation Committee Republican's release of their 2025 defense funding bill. "House Republicans' first take at the Defense Appropriations FY25 bill will never become law. Aside from its hyper-partisan policy riders, it does not reflect the stated need of Comb  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), the Co-Chair of the AUKUS Working Group, issued the following statement after returning from the 21st annual International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue alongside a bipartisan Congressional Delegation. While there, the delegation met with the President of Ukraine, as well as government ministers and senior defense officials from across   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions" at 10 a.m. on June 12, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) Witnesses * Marc Miller (Invited to Testify), President and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Health Systems, King of Prussia, PA * Reagan Stanford, JD, Abuse and Neglect   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated May 21, 2024, entitled "Fraud Alert!: Shedding Light on Zelle": * * * Thank you to my Co-Chairman of the Subcommittee, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations--we work together on a bipartisan basis. I am very pleased to welcome you to this hearing of the Perm  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: During the week marking the 59th anniversary of the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that all married Americans have a constitutional right to use contraception, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged his colleagues to support the Right to Contraception Act when it  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Connecticut State Long Term Care Ombudsman Mairead Painter from a hearing dated May 23, 2024, entitled "The Older Americans Act: The Local Impact of the Law and the Upcoming Reauthorization": * * * Thank you, Chairman Casey, Ranking Member Braun, and distinguished members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging for inviting me here today. My name is Mairead Painter, and I am honored to serve as the  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) took to the Senate floor to urge her Republican colleagues to support the Right to Contraception Act to protect women's access to contraception. Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which rolled back reproductive rights for women across the country, the Senator spoke about the need to codify the fundamental right to contraception, as recogn  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The conference brought together leaders from across the state and nation to discuss opportunities for public service in Connecticut and how to promote a stronger culture of service throughout the state--especially among young people. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, GYL Financial Synergies, and More Perfect teamed up for the event. In addition  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) urged her colleagues to advance the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would put into law Americans' right to contraception. Americans' access to contraception has been put in jeopardy since the Supreme Court indicated it should reconsider the case, Griswold v. Connecticut, which first recognized the right to contraception when it overturned Roe v. Wade. T  more