WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and DHS Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan requesting answers on how the agencies are dealing with the risk of infectiou  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that Kleo Pharmaceuticals, an immuno-oncology company, has been named "Innovator of the Month." The company focuses on developing innovative bispecific compounds designed to emulate or enhance the activity of biologics to directly engage a patient's immune system to target and destroy harmful cells. This work to translate small molecule immu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 28 Senators in sending a letter to Secretary DeVos urging the Department of Education to fulfill its duty in providing assistance to the 32,000 students impacted by the recent and sudden closures of three for-profit college chains--Education Corporation of America, Vatterott Educational Centers, and Dream Center Education H  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the need for Senate action on House-passed gun violence prevention legislation after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio: "The sickening, infuriating news of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton has once again raised a wave of questions about whether anything is happening to make this country safer from these repeated attacks on innocents. These questions are coming from Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio: "With two mass shootings this weekend within 24 hours, unspeakable violence is continuing to occur at an alarming frequency. I strongly condemn these heinous crimes in El Paso and Dayton, and my heart goes out to the victims, their families, and both communities. "These were clear acts of domestic terrorism meant to inflict fear and division. In E  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's proposed rollback of the Affordable Care Act: "I am proud to support state lawmakers and Connecticut's Office of the Healthcare Advocate as they continue to fight to protect healthcare for all people. "The Trump Administration's latest move to rip coverage from LGBTQ individuals is a particularly cruel extension of their deregulatory agenda. The Affordable Care Ac  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: In the wake of the recent mass shootings at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, Cielo Vista mall in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement on gun violence and white nationalism in America: "Over the past few days, three cities in the United States have become the latest victims of America's gun violence epidemic. Gilroy, El   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio: "Another week begins in the wake of the mass murder of innocent Americans, their lives ended by yet another well-armed gunman. Our hearts break for each victim and the survivors who will never be the same. Again, we wonder when and how the violence will stop. Again, we hunger for the leadership our unique national problem demands. "Sadly, in the face  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio: "There can no longer be any doubts or questions, these mass shootings are acts of domestic terrorism. While we send our thoughts and prayers to all the victims and their families, what the American people want is leadership and action. The House has taken action and passed three gun violence prevention bills. "These bills are now stuck in   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the House passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8): "160 days ago, on February 27th, the House passed HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which expands background checks and closes the gun show loop hole. "Since then, there have been mass shootings, homicides in our communities, and accidental shootings, yet the Senate Republicans and Mitch McConnell have done n  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after President Trump's address to the nation after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left at least 31 people dead and dozens more injured: "President Trump is literally making up causes of gun violence in America. America does not have more mental illness than other developed nations. We don't have more violent video games. What we have is a hate machinery that President Trum  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio: "Nowhere but in the United States does this epidemic rate of mass murder occur. My heart goes out to all the victims of gun violence this weekend - in El Paso and Dayton, but also Baton Rouge, Colorado Springs, and New York. "What is so heartbreaking is that almost all of this carnage is preventable. Good laws stop bad people from doing horribl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following op-ed on gun violence, which was provided to The Hill:: It is a deeply uncomfortable fact that inside some humans lies the ability to rationalize the decision to walk into a Walmart or a crowded bar and start firing a wildly lethal weapon indiscriminately, with the goal of ending as many lives as possible. The act of premeditated mass murder - of strangers no less - is something that 99.9 percent of Americans can  more