WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $418,000 in funding for Connecticut to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities. This grant funding will be used to reduce lead exposure where children learn and play while advancing the goals of the Biden-Harris Administration's Lead Pip  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT In advance of International Overdose Awareness Day, which is commemorated annually on August 31, members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation, Governor Ned Lamont, the state's constitutional officers, and state agency commissioners are reaffirming their commitment to combat the overdose crisis that has devastated communities across the state and nation and are bringing attention to ad  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04) announced Sacred Heart University's Bee Health and Ecology Research Objective (Bee-HERO) will receive a $400k grant from the National Science Foundation. The Bee-HERO initiative will provide undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups with an international research experience focused on studying bee-related viruses and parasites. "As an   more