WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [Hartford, CT] Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) issued a statement following their visit to Ukraine. The senators met with United States and Ukraine government officials today, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "After our sixth visit to Kyiv, we are more hopeful than ever that the tide of war has turned against Putin and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Expand Social Security Caucus Co-Chairs John B. Larson (CT-01), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), and Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) released the following statement on the 89th Anniversary of Social Security. "Eighty-nine years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, guaranteeing America's seniors could retire with dig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) issued this statement following their visit to Ukraine. The senators met with United States and Ukraine government officials today, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "After our sixth visit to Kyiv, we are more hopeful than ever that the tide of war has turned against Putin and his cronies.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01) penned a new op-ed(link is external) in CT Mirror highlighting the launch of the "Hire Hartford" campaign, which is set to expand submarine hiring and recruitment efforts beyond the shoreline and into the Connecticut's capital region. The hiring spree comes as Congress and Navy are in a "full throttle" push to recapitalize our nation's submar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, House Ways and Means Committee Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O'Malley and advocates from across the country at the White House to celebrate the 89th anniversary of Social Security. "The genius of Franklin Delano Roosevelt could never be more apparent than on a day like this," said Larson. "And with th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement that it has reached agreements with all participating manufacturers on new negotiated, lower drug prices for the first 10 drugs selected for the Medicare drug price negotiation program. The Inflation Reduction Act gave Medicare the power to negotiate for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 Sunday traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to engage with key stakeholders on issues related to the U.S.' relationships on the African continent, including deepening our economic partnerships, U.S. support for humanitarian aid, and the Kenyan-led Multilateral Security Support mission in Haiti. During his trip, Murphy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) applauded the Biden-Harris administration for successfully lowering prices(link is external) by up to nearly 80% for some of the most expensive, popular drugs taken by people on Medicare. Previously, Medicare was banned from common sense negotiations, but the ban was overturned in the Inflation Reduction Act, which Courtney voted to pass on August 12, 2022 and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) made the following statement after the future USS IDAHO launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat's shipyard into the Thames River on August 6. Congress authorized funding for the construction of the IDAHO in the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act. Courtney serves as the Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee, which au  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: East Hartford, CT Today, House Ways and Means Committee Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson's op-ed, "With Trump, Seniors Know a Con When They Hear It(link is external)," was featured in Newsweek. Former President Donald Trump, the Conman-in-Chief, appeared on Fox News last week promising "big changes" to Social Security, an unpaid for tax cut that would deplete the Social Secu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law released the following testimony by Karine Laboy, a mother of an incarcerated pregnant woman at York Correctional Institute in Niantic, Connecticut, from a July 31, 2024, hearing entitled "Birth Behind Bars": * * * Chairman, members of the Subcommittee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. My name is Karine Laboy, and I reside in New Britain, Connecticut. My daughter has been in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Former President Donald Trump has touted a bold new idea for Social Security(link is external): ending taxes on benefit income. "Seniors should not pay tax on Social Security," Trump wrote(link is external) on July 31 in all capital letters on social media platform Truth Social, and repeated the point during an Aug. 7 Fox & Friends interview. While the change would let beneficiaries keep more of thei  more