WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today on the House Floor, Rep. Joe Courtney, Co-Chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus,urged(link is external) his colleagues to support the bipartisan Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023, co-led by Courtney and Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY). The House is expected to pass the bill this evening, following its bipartisan passage out of Committee last month. The bill would rea  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act to shield federal employees who report information to Congress from retaliation. Under current law, federal employees are guaranteed the right to petition or provide information to Congress. However, without adequate protections in place, individuals who do so can face termination or retaliation. The  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT - Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Governor Ned Lamont, and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto announced a $38.9 million competitive grant for the CT Department of Transportation (CTDOT) from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase 46 battery electric buses and install 29 chargers for the CTfastrak bus rapid transit service. "T  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) announced Health360, Inc., based in Waterbury, will receive $4,049,279 in grant funding from AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This grant will support Health360, Inc.'s continued participation in AmeriCorps's Healthy Minds Alliance program, which partners with a variety of organizations to increase capacity to treat mental health  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Supporting Trauma-Informed Education Practices Act to increase trauma support services and mental health care resources available to students. The bill authorizes grants designed to help schools improve how they address the complex needs of students coping with the devastating impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as parental addictio  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement on H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which passed the House of Representatives, 221 to 198, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024: "Today, I voted against dangerous legislation that would make it more difficult for American citizens to vote in federal elections, including veterans, married women, and individua  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, July 10 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04) announced that Bridgeport-based workforce development nonprofit, The WorkPlace, was awarded a $2,499,999 Pathway Home grant through the U.S. Department of Labor. "We see tremendous outcomes when invest in our workforce - our families are happier, our local economy thrives, and our community is stronger," said Congressman Jim Himes. "That'  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Last night, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation led by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02)(link is external) to protect and preserve the Sound. "The Long Island Sound Watershed spans six states, helping to power the Northeast's economy," said Larson. "The Connecticut delegation has worked together for decades to pres  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee voted to advance $453 million in cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA), $1.6 billion below President Biden's budget request, endangering hard-earned benefits for millions of Americans. "Once again, the Republ  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD - 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 President Biden signed into law the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson's Act. The legislation, which Murphy reintroduced in April 2023 and which passed the U.S. Senate in May  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday introduced the Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act, legislation to promote due process, ensure consistency in federal immigration proceedings, and reduce paperwork by removing unnecessary burdensome filing requirements. Currently, some noncitizens must first file a state bar complaint against their prior immigration attorney in order to seek an appeal  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss President Biden and the stakes of the 2024 presidential election. In his discussion with Dana Bash, Murphy highlighted the threat Donald Trump poses to the future of democracy and reaffirmed his longstanding support for President Biden but underscored the need for the President to do more in the coming  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- 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 Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, legislation that would affirm support for protecting access to reproductive health care. "It doesn't get simpler than this bill, and yet like clockwork, R  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take steps to rectify Hawai'i's exclusion from the North Atlantic Treaty as military threats in the Indo-Pacific grow. In a bipartisan letter t  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the growing medical debt crisis. In his questions to Dr. Luke Messac, Attending Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Director and Health Officer at Wayne County Department of Health,  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Nick LaLota (R-NY), Co-Chairs of the Long Island Sound Caucus, released the following statement after their bipartisan Long Island Sound Stewardship and Restoration Act(link is external), which would reauthorize the Long Island Sound Program to ensure the protection and preservation of the Sound, passed the House. "For communities across my district in Suffolk County,  more