WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Nearly $17 million is coming to Connecticut for traffic safety projects aimed at ending fatalities on the state's roads(link is external), according to Connecticut's congressional delegation. The money, from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, was announced Wednesday in a release from U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 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 Monday joined Kailey Leinz, Co-Host of "Bloomberg: Balance of Power," for a fireside chat to kick off the Atlantic Council's #ACFrontPage speaker series. Ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections, Murphy discussed the international challenges facing the country today and explored how the next president--as well as t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Governor Ned Lamont announced $10.8 million(link is external) in federal funding for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood to provide voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to pregnant women and parents with young children through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIEHCV) Program. "No parent should go without a s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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, joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) in announcing $2.37 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced $2.37 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. The funds are awarded through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for youth substance use  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, announced $2.37 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. The funds are awarded through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for youth substance use prevention efforts in commu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation wrote to President Joe Biden urging a major disaster declaration after severe flooding destroyed roads, homes, and other critical infrastructure in August. "As the Governor's disaster declaration request makes clear, the state and affected counties can demonstrate that they meet or exceed cost threshold requirements for a disaster declaratio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced over $462,000 for Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut to support veterans' mental health and suicide prevention efforts. The federal funding is awarded through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [HARTFORD, CT] Today, U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut. The funds are awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Sa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) were joined by U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania-01), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio-09), Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina-02) and Mike Quigley (D-Illinois-05) in introducing a bill to endorse the ten-year bilateral security agreement between the United States and Ukraine and affirm the United States' commitmen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Watch: Congresswoman Hayes Remarks on Transparent Telehealth Bills Act Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.R. 9457, the Transparent Telehealth Bills Act on a bipartisan 34-0 vote. Included in the legislation is an amendment offered by Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) to reduce patient costs for telehealth visits by eliminating unnecessary facility fees. The Transparent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and John Fetterman (D-PA) introduced the Student Food Security Act of 2024, bicameral legislation to address food insecurity faced   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act. This bipartisan and broadly-supported legislation would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), two provisions that unfairly reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for Americans who have dedicated their careers to public serv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WATERBURY Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and the Connecticut Congressional delegation wrote to President Joe Biden supporting the request for a major disaster declaration filed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont in the wake of recent flooding and following confirmation the impacted communities in Western Connecticut have met required federal thresholds for a disaster declaration. A major disas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: With only days before the Farm Bill expires, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, led a letter sent by the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, urging him to revise the partisan Farm Bill that passed out of the House Committee on Agriculture to remove the $30 billion cuts to SNAP  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: East Hartford, CT Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to accept the ceasefire deal negotiated by the Biden Administration without delay, joining the calls of Israeli citizens and the families of hostages held in Gaza. "The killing of six hostages in Gaza, including an American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, is devastating," said Larson. "I condemn Hamas for their brutal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut. The funds are awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's new actions to protect domestic violence survivors. The actions include an expansion of technical assistance and federal funding opportunities for state and local law enforcement programs that remove f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- 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 Monday released the following statement on the Biden-Harris administration's steps to improve and strengthen access to mental health care for 175 million Americans with private health insurance. The finalized rule requires health plans to make changes when they are providing inadequate a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined Fox News Sunday to discuss the economy and Vice President Kamala Harris' agenda for supporting the middle class. In his discussion with Shannon Bream, Murphy emphasized the contrast between Harris' commitment to expanding opportunities for working Americans and Donald Trump's record of prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthy. Murphy highlighted how Har  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- 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, "Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care: How Management Decisions Have Impacted Patient Care." Murphy highlighted a similar case in Connecticut, explaining how Prospect Medical Holdings bought Rockville General, Manchester Memorial, and Waterbury Hospital and have si  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, released the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to send $225 million in U.S. aid to Egypt despite its failure to make meaningful improvements on human rights and democracy a condition that Congress placed on the aid. "This   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- 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 Monday released the following statement on reports that Edmundo Gonzalez, the Venezuelan opposition candidate for president and likely winner of the July 28 election, fled his country under threat of imminent arrest and received asylum in Spain. "Nicolas Maduro knows he lost this election, which is why he's  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD-U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), and Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04) announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut. The funds are awarded through the U.S. Department   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS), on Wednesday released the following statement on the Biden administration's decision to send $95 million in U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement ahead of the Navy commissioning of the USS NEW JERSEY (SSN 796), a Virginia class fast attack submarine. Watch the Commissioning Ceremony at 10:45 a.m. tomorrow, September 14 here(link is external). "Following rigorous sea trials, the USS NEW JERSEY will come to life as the newest and 23rd Virginia Class fast attack submarine in the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, at a Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) called out(link is external) dangerous policies proposed in Project 2025, which is covered in the former president's fingertips, and by the Republican Study Committee to tax employer sponsored health insurance. Doing so could raise taxes for up to 150 million Americans and steer Americans out of high-quality health  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration finalizing its Mammography Quality Standards Act rule which requires healthcare providers to notify women when they have dense breasts and of the additional screenings that may be necessary to detect breast cancer. "Ninety-nine percent of women who receive an early bre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) announced $2.37 million in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. The funds are awarded through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for youth substance use  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help servicemembers access student debt relief through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF). Currently, if an eligible servicemember enrolled in PSLF chooses to put their loans into deferment or forbearance during a deployment, those periods do not count as PSLF-qualifying payments. This means  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) released a letter signed by 126 House Democrats calling on President Biden to use executive authority to end the dangerous de minimis loophole and protect Americans from its growing dangers. The letter urges the administration to update the de minimis policy, which undercuts American wor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) 2024 program grants have been announced, and the Town of West Hartford will receive a portion of the nearly $17 million in grants allocated to Connecticut for traffic safety projects through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. West Hartford officials learned that a grant of $3,178,100 has been awarded to the town for the "Vu  more