WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT Rep.Joe Courtney (D-CT), Co-Chair of the AUKUS Working Group, joined ABC Australia's Michael Rowland ahead of today's third anniversary of the AUKUS security agreement. Three years later, Courtney says AUKUS progress has completely "surpassed" expectations. "For the U.S. Congress, which has been stuck in tremendous gridlock, to see an undertaking like this succeed so quickly and on such a   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy released a poverty reduction analysis of DeLauro's American Family Act of 2023 following news from the U.S. Census Bureau that the child poverty rate had risen 1.3 percentage points to 13.7 percent in 2023. The Center on Poverty and Social Policy found if the American Family Act had been in effect in 2023, the child poverty rate could   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, the House considered a Continuing Resolution (CR) that included harmful provisions that go against the values of the American people and put countless families at risk. Specifically, the CR would halt payments of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program by blocking 1 million low-income families from critical resources to afford childcare and other items. Further, the CR does n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WATERBURY Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement after President Joe Biden officially approved a major disaster declaration in Connecticut following the extreme flooding that took place from August 18 August 19, 2024. "President Biden has officially approved a major disaster declaration. With this approval, communities, businesses, and residents will have full access  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Watch and download the full clip here(link is external) This week, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to congratulate A'ja Wilson on making history as the first woman to score 1,000 points in a single WNBA season. Last Sunday, Wilson scored 29 points for the Las Vegas Aces in an 84-71 victory over the Connecticut Suns, with her record-breaking 1,000th point   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: East Hartford, CT Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement in response to the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. "We are all glad to hear that former President Trump is safe after yesterday's assassination attempt," said Larson. "We must always condemn all forms of violence. I thank the Secret Service and law enforcement off  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Susan Wild (PA-07), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Doris Matsui (CA-07)sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee leadership urging them to support President Biden's full budget request for the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA has been underfunded for years, creating a customer service crisis and resulting in millions of Social Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.R. 9076, which included his bipartisan Promoting Community-Based Prevention Services Act. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here.(link is external) "Today's bipartisan vote will support families across Connecticut and the rest of the nation by ensuring Family Resource Centers (FRCs) can access the f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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 the House voted to pass the bipartisan Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act he introduced with Subcommittee Chair Drew Ferguson (GA-03) to ensure victims of identity theft have a single point of contact at the Social Security Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House defeated Speaker Johnson's partisan continuing resolution that would make it harder for Americans to vote and fails to include needed funding for the Social Security Administration. "There are now less than two weeks before a government shutdown, but Republicans are still refusing to work with Democrats in a bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Local efforts to improve the accessibility and safety of its roadways received a major federal funding boost, officials announced last week. Connecticut's Senate and Congressional delegations on Sept. 11 announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut, including one project in West Hartford. West Hartford is ea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined CNN's The Amanpour Hour with Christiane Amanpour to discuss the empty rhetoric from the Republican Party and how the Democratic Party can expand its coalition to deliver for working families and rebuild community. Murphy explained how the typical measures of public policy success are disconnected from how many Americans are feeling: "The economy is getting be  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released a new plan to build on the success of the Long Island Sound Investment plan he published in 2016 and address the evolving set of challenges the Sound is facing. Murphy's plan lays out investments and policy goals to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, improve coastal resilience, support the blue economy, and increase access to and educat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- 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, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined five of their Senate colleagues to introduce the Tenants' Right to Organize Act, legislation to empower tenants to organize, participate in, and operate tenant organizations without fear of retaliation or interference. The bill amends th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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 Tuesday joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in sending a letter to the Department of Defense (DoD) seeking an update on its pharmaceutical acquisition strategy following the decision in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- 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 (HELP) Committee, on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on the role private equity has played in the commodification of health care at the expense of patients, doctors, nurses, and local communities. In his remarks, Murphy explained how private equity's obsession with profit has no place in heal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to object against Republicans' resolution attacking transgender youth. In his remarks, Murphy slammed the resolution as a hateful and divisive distraction aimed at diverting the attention of the American public away from Republicans' deeply unpopular agenda. Murphy condemned Republicans' fear-mongering and relentless bullying of transg  more