| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Monday July 08, 2019 ( 6 items ) |
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Courtney Secures Delay of Impending Restrictions on Post-9/11 G.I. Bill
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) will delay implementation of new restrictions on Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. The announcement came in response to a letter Courtney sent Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in June urging him to delay a policy change due to go into effect on July 12th that would prevent servicemembers with greater than 16 years of ser
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Murphy, Blumenthal Press Pompeo on Determination to Exclude Saudi Arabia From List of Countries Known to Recruit, Use Child Soldiers
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
Following a Reuters report that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo excluded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the State Department's list of countries known to recruit and use child soldiers in the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report, despite State Department experts' findings that should have led to its inclusion on such list, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-I
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Rep. Hayes Issues Statement on Gainful Employment Rule
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced its final Gainful Employment Rule:
The Gainful Employment rule was a 2015 regulation that required vocational programs at for-profit higher education institutions and non-degree programs at community colleges to prove their graduates were financially able to pay back student loan debt in order to receive federal funding for student aid. The final rule, released yes
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Rep. Larson Issues Statement on President Trump Tax Returns
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement in support of the House Ways and Means Committee's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Treasury to comply with the requests of Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, for President Trump's tax returns:
"I applaud Chairman Neal for filing a lawsuit today for the Ways and Means Committee to obtain President Trump's tax returns.
"It is within his jurisdiction as Committee Chair to re
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Reps. Lamb, Courtney Introduce Bipartisan FREED Vets Act
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) and Andy Levin (MI-09) introduced the bipartisan Federally Requiring Earned Education-Debt Discharges for Veterans Act (FREED Vets Act) to require the U.S. Department of Education to automatically discharge federal student loan debt for eligible permanently disabled veterans. A
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Sen. Murphy Issues Statement on Bipartisan Majority Vote on Iran War Authorization Amendment
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counter Terrorism, issued the following statement after a bipartisan majority of senators voted in favor of an amendment to the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would prevent President Trump from going to war with Iran without Congressional authorization:
Despite receiving a majority vote of 50-40, the amendment
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