WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * After Putin Skips Peace Talks, Blumenthal Calls for Passage of Bipartisan Russian Sanctions Bill [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today issued the below statement calling for the passage of his bipartisan legislation that would impose hard-hitting primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression, following Vladimir Putin's re  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * As Historic Measles Outbreak Worsens, Murphy Blasts RFK Jr. On Vaccine Lies WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday questioned U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 skinny budget request for the U.S. Department of Health and Hu  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on May 14, 2025: * * * At Blumenthal's Spotlight Forum, Former VA Employees, Toxic Exposure Experts, and Advocates Detail Harm of Trump VA Cuts on PACT Act At forum, Senators heard directly from stakeholders on the impact of DOGE's cuts on toxic-exposed veterans and families; Blumenthal: The PACT Act cannot work unless VA has the staff in place to i  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Colleagues Demand Answers on Chaos at the World Trade Center Health Program [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined his colleagues U.S. Senators Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) demanding answers from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ongoing chaos, recurring cuts, sudden reversals, and lack  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Cornyn Call on FBI to Explain Decades-Long Failure to Disclose Key 9/11 Evidence [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) wrote Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel seeking information about the FBI's apparent failure to disclose evidence about Saudi Arabian national Omar al-Bayoumi to the 9/11 Commission and the Cent  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Murphy Join Colleagues in Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels, & Social Services from Republican Budget Cuts [HARTFORD, CT] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined the Senate Democratic Caucus in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' plan to gut Meals on Wheels, Head Start,   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Padilla Demand Transparency from Avelo Airlines About Deportation Flights [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) wrote Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy raising concerns about the airline's contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fly domestic and international deportation flights even as the Trump Administration   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Announces Hawai'i Governor Josh Green as Minority Witness at First PSI Hearing of 119th Congress [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), announced today that Hawai'i Governor Josh Green, M.D. will testify as the minority witness at a PSI hearing regarding vaccines on Wednesday, M  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Announces Resolution Authorizing Senate Legal Action to Force Trump to Comply with Anti-Corruption Foreign Emoluments Clause [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced a resolution to stop President Donald Trump from accepting payments and gifts from foreign governments, including a $400 million luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar and potentia  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Announces Resolution Condemning Trump Crypto Corruption [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, following new reporting in the New York Times that a technology company with ties to China and reliant on TikTok intends to purchase as much as $300 million of President Donald Trump's meme coin, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced a resolution condemning Donald Trump's pattern of corrup  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Applauds Passage of his Resolution Honoring Trinity College's National Championship [HARTFORD, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) applauded the passage of a resolution congratulating Trinity College men's basketball team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Men's Basketball National Championship. The resolution commends  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Blackburn, Thune & Schumer Introduce the Kids Online Safety Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) were joined by U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in introducing the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Last July, the Senate approved KOSA - th  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, King & Murray Call on Trump Administration to Take Action to Protect Veteran Caregivers [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Committee member U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), and Committee member and former Chair U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today called on the Trump Administration to protect veteran caregivers by ex  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on May 15, 2025: * * * Blumenthal, King & Murray Call on Trump Administration to Take Action to Protect Veteran Caregivers Senators press Collins to extend pause in discharges that could impact thousands of legacy caregivers and veterans receiving "life-changing benefits" under VA's caregivers program [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs C  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Congressional Delegation Announces $7 Million in Federal Grants for Environmental Cleanup and Economic Revitalization Hartford, CT - Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation announced nearly $7 million in federal Brownfields Grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Connecticut communities. "Brownfields funding has supported the revitalization  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Delegation & Colleagues File Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Attempts to Dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [HARTFORD, CT] - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (D-CT-01), Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Jim Himes (D-CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05) joined   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Delegation Joins Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Attempt to Dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 80,000 CT victims of financial abuse received more than $45 million in relief from agency Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), and Senators Richard Bl  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release: * * * Coons, Shaheen, Reed, Warner, Kelly, Himes, Krishnamoorthi statement on Trump's Middle East AI giveaway Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Congressmen Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) issued  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * DeLauro and Kaptur Expose Energy Secretary's Lies *NEW FACT SHEET*: Wright's Wrongs WASHINGTON -- Last week, United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for a hearing on the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2026 bu  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro and Warren Demand Answers on Trump Administration's Secret Trade Negotiations Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a letter to the Trump Administration demanding answers on the bilateral trade negotiations that President Trump has claimed to be conducting. The legislators wrote: "As President Trump continues to wreak havoc on the glob  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Slams GOP Tax Proposal: "Slap in the face to working families who already live paycheck to paycheck" Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued a statement in response to Congressional Republicans' tax bill that would provide over a trillion dollars in tax cuts for billionaires and the biggest corporations while failing to do anything substantial for middle- and working-class fami  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DELAURO, DURBIN INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN CHILD LABOR ON TOBACCO FARMS U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today reintroduced legislation to protect child workers from the dangers of exposure to tobacco plants, including nicotine poisoning. The Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to prohibit childre  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro, Gallego, Whitehouse, Warren, Booker, Colleagues Demand Action to Prevent Corporations from Using Trump's Reckless Tariffs as an Excuse to Price Gouge Hardworking Americans WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) led 31 of their Senate and House colleagues in  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * DeLauro, Kaptur Condemn Trump's Politicization of Critical Army Corps Construction Newly Released Army Corps Work Plans Show Trump Abandoning Blue State Infrastructure Projects WASHINGTON -- This week, the Trump Administration released its Army Corps work plans that show President Trump is politicizing critical infrastructur  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 16, 2025: * * * DeLauro, Murray, Baldwin Call on Secretary McMahon to Promptly Inform K-12 Schools About Their Federal Funding After Harmful Delays, Uncertainty, and Chaos Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro, Scott, Murray, Baldwin, Sanders Decry Trump Administration's Illegal Firings, Cuts at AmeriCorps Top appropriators and authorizers call on Interim Head of AmeriCorps to reverse layoffs and grant terminations that have debilitated the agency's core functions Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Hous  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: President Trump Steals from Law Enforcement, Proposes Cutting Funds for Police in 2026 WASHINGTON -- While President Trump and Republicans in Congress claim they support law enforcement, the Trump Administration's actions tell a very different story. Instead of investing in law enforcement and our police officers, President Trump  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Leads Legislation to Increase SNAP Employee Retention and Address Program Staffing Shortages WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, introduced the SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025, legislation aimed at supporting the employees administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Statement on House Agriculture Republican Passage of Cuts to SNAP for 42 Million Americans WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the passage of the House Committee on Agriculture budget which cuts $313 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) to fu  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release: * * * Himes Demands Transparency on National Intelligence Council Dismissals Washington, DC -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard requesting information regarding the reported firing of the Acting Chair and Vice Chair of the National Intelligence   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson and House Vote to Name Parts of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park After the Late Rep. Bill Pascrell Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.R. 249 (link is external) to name parts of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park after his late friend and colleague, Rep. Bill Pascrell. "My late fri  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Opposes Republican "Make America Greedy Again" Tax Cuts for Billionaires in the Ways and Means Committee Republicans Reject Democratic Amendments to Cut Taxes for Working Families, Small Businesses, and Seniors Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Republicans ended a 17-hour markup in the House Ways and Means Committee by approving  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Slams Republican "Make America Greedy Again" Tax Cut for Billionaires Washington, D.C. - Today, during a Ways and Means Committee markup of the House Republican tax bill, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) called out how their plan will cut taxes for the ultra-wealthy by gutting critical programs Connecticut families rely on like SNAP and causing nearly 14 million Americans to lose their health   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Statement on House Republican Bill to Cut Taxes for Billionaires Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Ways and Means Republicans released the text (link is external) of their bill to cut taxes for billionaires, paid for with cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that would kick more than 13 million Americans (link is external)  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Morelle, DeLauro, Espaillat Request Library of Congress Inspector General Investigate Improper Communications, Potential Unauthorized Transfer of Congressional Data to Trump Administration WASHINGTON--Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, led a request to the Library of Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Joins 29 Colleagues In Introducing Senate Resolution Decrying Two-Month Blockade On Food And Medicine In Gaza WASHINGTON--As the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined 29 of his U.S. Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution calling on the Trump Administration to use all diplomati  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy On Trump's Middle East Trip: This Isn't America First. This Is Trump First. It's A National Security Disaster And A Moral Abomination. WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to deliver a blistering condemnation of President Trump's foreign policy corruption, highlighting his use of the office to enrich himself while putting U.S. nati  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy To Block Arms Sales To Nations Engaging In Bribery Of The Trump Administration WASHINGTON-Following reports of Qatar gifting a $400 million superluxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to President Trump, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday announced that he will seek to block any arms sale to a nation whose government is directly enrich  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 36 Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Ban Conversion Therapy WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 36 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation that would ban so-called "conversion therapy," a practice fraudulently claiming to change an individual's sexual orientatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Fight To Protect Head Start, Meals On Wheels, Social Services From Republican Budget Cuts HARTFORD-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined the Senate Democratic Caucus in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' plan to gut Meals on Wheels, Head Start, and other   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Connecticut Delegation, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Slamming Trump's Lawless Attempts To Dismantle The CFPB HARTFORD-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John B. 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) joined their colleagues in filing   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Sanders, Kaine, Van Hollen, Schatz File Joint Resolution Of Disapproval On $1.9B Arms Sale As Qatar Seeks To Gift Luxury Jumbo Jet To Trump WASHINGTON-As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Schatz, Coons, Booker Joint Statement On Qatar Luxury Jet Gift To Trump WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), all members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday released the following joint statement on reports that President Trump will accept a luxury jet valued at $400 million f  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement On Trump's Middle East Trip WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), the Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Foreign  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Van Hollen, Sanders, Kaine, Schatz File Joint Resolutions Of Disapproval On $1.6B In Arms Sales To United Arab Emirates WASHINGTON-As President Trump actively engages in the corruption of U.S. foreign policy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Courtney Statement on Reported Trump Plan to Use Qatari-Gifted Luxury Jet as Air Force One NORWICH, CT - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump's reported plan to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from Qatar and use it as Air Force O  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, issued the following remarks on May 15, 2025, at a hearing for the U.S. Department of Labor's budget for fiscal 2026: * * * Thank you, Chairman Aderholt, for holding this important hearing on President Trump's anti-worker budget request for the Department of Labor. Secretary Chavez-DeRemer, welcome. It is great to   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, issued the following statement on May 14, 2025, at a hearing for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' budget for fiscal 2026: * * * Ranking Member DeLauro to Secretary Kennedy at HHS Budget Hearing: "You are endangering the health of the American people" WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-0  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney Blasts GOP Budget Bill Ahead of Key Vote "Are you going to listen to the caring profession or to that top 1%." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, after the GOP released key details of its budget bill, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) spoke (link is external) on the House floor to highlight the widespread opposition to Speaker Johnson's proposed Medicaid cuts--from hospitals, health care leaders, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Madam Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Madam Speaker, for the last 5 months, across the country, people have been waiting with bated breath to see what this big, beautiful bill is that the Republicans have been working on behind closed doors, much of it down in Florida putting it together, particular  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 13, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of the Honorable Mia Bourdeau Love, a trailblazing public servant, devoted wife and mother, proud Haitian American, and the first Black Republican woman elected to the United States Congress. I enjoyed serving with Congresswoman Love during her time in this body and considered  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, usually, public corruption happens in secret. The politicians that do it know it is wrong to accept money in exchange for favorable government treatment, and so they hide it until they are found out. A textbook example would be Louisiana G  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Introduces Bill to Direct Restoration and Protection Efforts of the 5-State Connecticut River Watershed Region (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is reintroducing the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act (CRWPA), which would formalize a partnership between federal, state, local and private entities to promote conservation, restoration, education and recreation  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: After Senate Republicans Block Blumenthal Effort to Force Trump to Comply with Anti-Corruption Foreign Emoluments Clause, Senators Call on Leadership to Schedule Vote [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today after Senate Republicans blocked U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal's (D-CT) unanimous consent request to pass his resolution to stop President Donald Trump from accepting payments and gifts from   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: At Blumenthal's Spotlight Forum, Former VA Employees, Toxic Exposure Experts, & Advocates Detail Harm of Trump VA Cuts on PACT Act [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - At a spotlight forum held by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today, former VA employees, toxic exposure experts, and advocates detailed their concerns with the Trump Administration's cuts to   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Ways and Means Republicans Reject Larson Amendment to Enhance Social Security and Cut Taxes for Seniors Washington, D.C. - Today, during a markup of their bill to cut taxes for billionaires, every Republican on the Ways and Means Committee voted to defeat Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) 's amendment to enhance Social Security and cut taxes for seniors. You ca  more