WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * After Trump Shutters White House Office, Murphy, Frost Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation To Establish Office Of Gun Violence Prevention WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) on Thursday reintroduced the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act, legislation to establish a permanent office focused on gun violence prevention at the U.S. Dep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Espaillat Lead 53 Members of Congress in Bicameral Legislation to Protect Immigrant Access to Essential Service Locations [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY ) introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to codify protections for immigrants seeking essential service at locations like hospitals, schools,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Senators Introduce Legislation to Support First Responders with Service-Related Cancers [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined his colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND), in the reintroduction of the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act. The bipartisan legislation, which passed unanimously (21-0) out of the Senate Judicia  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Blumenthal Calls on Doug Collins to Focus on Veterans, Step Aside as Acting Head of Office Government Ethics and Office of Special Counsel Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins being tapped as interim hea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Calls on Doug Collins to Focus on Veterans, Step Aside as Acting Head of Office of Government Ethics and Office of Special Counsel [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins being tapped as interim head of the Office of Governm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Demands Answers From State Department on Cybertruck Spending Spree [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, yesterday demanded answers from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Department's plan to purchase $400 million in armored Tesla Cybertruck vehicles. With Elon Musk continu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Lambastes Eversource, Avangrid; Supports PURA's decisions to reduce sky high electricity rate requests [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to the Connecticut General Assembly's Energy and Technology Committee, regarding Senate Bill 1193, An Act Concerning the Composition of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and Senate Bill 1194, An Act Concerning  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Blumenthal Rails Against Elon Musk's "Slash and Trash" Agenda for VA Alongside Labor Partners and Veterans Blumenthal to Elon Musk: "Nine million veterans are watching you give them the middle finger. And we're not going to stand for it." Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today host  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Blumenthal Statement on the Trump Administration's Recommendation to Fire All Recently-Hired VA Employees, Including VA Doctors and Nurses Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration's call for agencies to fire all federal prob  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on the Trump Administration's Recommendation to Fire All Recently-Hired VA Employees, Including VA Doctors and Nurses [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration's call for agencies to fire all federal probationary employees. The advisement from Trump'  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Travels to Munich Security Conference [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will join a bipartisan bicameral delegation led by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC). The MSC, largely considered to be the Atlantic's leading forum for in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Murphy, & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Assault Weapons [HARTFORD, CT] - On the seventh anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined their colleagues in announcing legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase assault weapons and h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Blumenthal, Senate Democrats Demand VA Secretary Collins Step Up and Defend Veterans' Private Information from Elon Musk "Veterans...deserve better than to have an unelected billionaire reviewing their medical records, targeting the benefits they have earned, or using their private information for personal gain." Senate Veterans' Affairs Com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Congressional Delegation Calls on Acting HHS Secretary to Address Impact of Trump Funding Chaos on Community Health Centers Washington, D.C. - 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 Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter urging the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Statement on Trump Violating Court Order to Unfreeze Federal Funding Violation Comes as Vance and Trump Argue that Judges Do Not Have the Authority to Challenge Trump WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released the following statement on the Trump Administration violating the court's order in l  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro, Kaptur Release Seven Fact Sheets Detailing How Trump's Funding Freeze is Raising Energy Prices and Undermining Energy Dominance House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released seven new fact sheets d  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro: Education Powers the American Dream, Trump and Musk Want to Tear it Down Last night, Elon Musk terminated more than 100 education contracts and awards supporting special education, teacher recruitment, and other topics. WASHINGTON -- House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham, Blumenthal, Cotton, Rosen, Britt Introduce Resolution to Affirm Hamas Cannot Retain Control of Gaza WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Jackie Rosen (D-Nevada), and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) today introduced a bipartisan resolution to affirm that Hamas cannot retain any political or military control   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Introduces the All Access Act to Mandate Congressional Access to Federal Government Buildings Hayes Speaks on the House Floor on the All Access Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to recent efforts by the Trump Administration to prevent Members of Congress from entering government buildings, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) is introducing legislation that would open the doors. The All   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson and Ways and Means Committee Democrats Demand Answers from Social Security Administration on Dodgy 'DOGE' Access to Payment Systems Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson wrote to Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Michelle King, alongside every Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, demanding answers f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Condemns Musk-Trump's Mass Firing of VA Workers East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly purged 1,000 workers, a more than $98 million cut to care and services at the VA. "The Administration's abrupt firing of VA workers will come at a significant cost to our nation's veterans, who will fac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Introduces Bill to Ensure Transparency and End Conflicts of Interest for Elon Musk's 'DOGE' Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Ending DOGE Conflicts Act to ensure transparency, end conflicts of interest, and establish independent review of government employees like Elon Musk. The legislation would require Elon Musk, who is currently serving as a 'Speci  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Introduces Resolution with Ways and Means Committee Democrats to Compel 'DOGE' Transparency on Unlawful Treasury Payment System Access Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced a Resolution of Inquiry alongside every Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee to compel the Trump Administration to provide compr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Takes Republicans to Task as Musk's 'DOGE' Sets Its Sights on Social Security Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) took Republicans to task during a committee markup amidst reports (link is external) that Elon Musk and his 'DOGE' cronies have their sights set on Social Security. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks he  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Collins, Bennet, Malliotakis Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Make High-Rise Apartments Safer for Residents and Firefighters Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) to reintroduce the High-Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Demands Investigation Into Elon Musk's Access To Americans' Personal Information WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Gene L. Dodaro, U.S. Comptroller General and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), calling for an investigation into the legality and scope of the agreement authorizing Elon Musk and his aides to use private servers to access  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy On ABC's This Week: This Is A Red Alert Moment-- Our Democracy Is At Risk WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined ABC's This Week with Martha Raddatz to sound the alarm on Donald Trump's corrupt power grab and the billionaire takeover of the U.S. government. Murphy slammed Trump's move to eliminate USAID and vowed to keep fighting to protect American democracy  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy To McMahon: You're Saying It's A Possibility That A Public School With Programming Related to Race Could Lose Federal Funding WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday questioned Linda McMahon at a hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Education. Murphy pressed McMahon on how a Trum  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Adams Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation To Promote Gender Equity In Sports WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to promote gender equity in college and K-12 sports. The Fair Play for Women Act would promote fairness in participation opportunities and instit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 17 Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Assault Weapons WASHINGTON--On the seventh anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 17 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Age 21 Act, legislation to raise the minimum age t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce SECURE Firearm Storage Act To Reduce Gun Violence From Stolen Firearms WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced bicameral legislation aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing the theft of firearms from federally-licensed gun dealers (FFLs). The Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonabl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Tell Trump: Hands Off Medicare And Medicaid WASHINGTON-- U.S. 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 30 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald Trump demanding the Trump administration, Elon Musk, and the Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Democratic Caucus Raise Alarm Over Trump Admin Pushing Illegal Indiscriminate Funding Cuts To NIH, Derailing Lifesaving Research WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 45 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Connecticut Delegation Call On Acting HHS Secretary To Address Impact Of Trump Funding Chaos On Community Health Centers WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Underwood Demand Answers On Reported FEMA Grant Freeze WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), acting Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Friday sent a letter to Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Pingree: Trump's Park Service Hiring Freeze a Direct Hit to Acadia and the Economy Today, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree warned the Trump Administration that its ill-conceived federal hiring freeze will jeopardize National Park Service (NPS) operation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney on NBC CT: Elon Musk, Funding Freeze, Top Coast Guard Firing NORWICH, CT - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined NBC Connecticut's Face the Facts to discuss the gross overreach of Elon Musk's DOGE, the ongoing local consequences of the federal funding freeze, and President Trump's day-one firing of the top Coast Guard official, Admiral Linda Fagan. Watch the full clip here (link   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney, House Armed Services Committee, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Urges End to Stop Work Order on U.S. Foreign Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Joe Courtney joined House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Gergory W. Meeks (D-NY) in a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to end   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney, Sen. Murphy, CT Delegation Call on Acting HHS Secretary to Address Impact of Trump Funding Chaos on Community Health Centers WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn-02), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the incredible life and legacy of a woman who never let anything dissuade her from fighting for what she knew to be right. My dear friend Lilly Ledbetter was a champion for women's equality and trailblazer in the fight for economic justice. Today, we honor her immeasurable contri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Congressman John B. Larson Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement: "Yesterday, at around noon, I experienced a medical incident on the House floor, when my speech momentarily paused. Following the incident, I saw the House Attending Physician, Dr. Monahan, who referred me for further evaluation. After a round of tests, it was dete  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases Move to Slash Scientific Research Institutions Funded by the National Institutes of Health is in Direct Violation of the Law WASHINGTON -- President Trump's Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Blumenthal Cracks Down on High Egg & Grocery Prices at Antitrust AAG Nominations Hearing, Calls for Aggressive Action to Combat Consolidation in Food Industry [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) raised the rapid increase in egg, meat, and dairy prices as a result of widespread monopolies in the food industry while questioning Gail Slater, nominee to be an  more