WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a federal grant totaling more than $319,000 to United Services, Inc. The federal investment will support a new telemedicine initiative and serve 177,094 rural residents in Windham and Tolland counties. "The USDA has made investments towards projects in towns across east  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (ND-AL) today released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their bipartisan bill, the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act (H.R. 3942), by a voice vote. "Today, the House took an important first step toward addressing the youth vaping epidemic," said Congresswoman DeLauro. "There is br  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released a video calling for the House to vote on the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 860) to protect and expand Social Security. They highlighted the importance of the program to all Americans, especially for women and people of color. Larson is the author of the legislation and Ocasio-Cortez is an original cosponsor. If Congress d  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - "The ACA is a game changer. Here are some things to know about open enrollment, which starts today" * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Friday authored an op-ed in the Connecticut Mirror marking the start of open enrollment season, which runs November 1, 2019-December 15, 2019. Murphy wrote: "S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded passage of a Senate amendment to an Interior Department spending bill that funds the new Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic designation. In February, Murphy's bill, The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act, passed the U.S. Senate and was signed into l  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that BAUSCH Advanced Technologies, Inc. (BAT) in Clinton is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer." Founded in 2004 and working out of a 38,000 square foot facility, BAT specializes in the manufacturing of customized systems for primary packaging of syringes, cartridges and vials for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Over its   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday questioned John Sulllivan, the nominee to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Murphy pressed Sullivan on his knowledge of who directed the policy to press the Ukrainian government to open specific investigations into topics connected to the Biden family and alt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and 24 Democratic senators sent a letter today to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar denouncing his delay in addressing the growing epidemic of youth tobacco use. The senators urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize its promised compliance policy and c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) urging U.S. Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to reverse the Administration's decision to prohibit U.S. commercial air travel from the United States to Cuban cities other than Havana. "This decision - which will result in the suspension   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - Trump's Decision Abandoned the Kurds and Puts International Humanitarian Aid Operations at Risk * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Thursday led 5 U.S. Senators in calling on the Secretary of State to ensure U.S. resources are made flexible for humani  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), on Thursday introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October as "Health Literacy Month." "Managing your health care benefit shouldn't be so complicated to understand. Improving health literacy will go a long way toward reducing barriers to care and bringing down the health cost  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) this week introduced the ELEVATE Act (S.2761), bicameral legislation that will ensure states receive the federal funding necessary to provide high-quality instruction to students learning English. Specifically this legislation will correct a f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Josh Peck, co-founder of Get America Covered, on Thursday in a press conference to promote the start of open enrollment which starts tomorrow, November 1, and r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) in a press call on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's vote Senate Democrats are forcing on a resolution to roll back the Trump administration's rule on 1332 waivers, which the administration is   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday joined CNN's State of the Union with CNN's chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper to discuss the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. special operations forces, the U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and how the president's foreign poli  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congress Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that the Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) has endorsed his bill, the bipartisan Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act (H.R. 566). The Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act would remove burdensome manifestation requirements from certain diseases that the VA has linked to Agent Orange exposure. Rep. Courtney first introduced the bill in July 2018 after working with G  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a federal grant totaling more than $59,000 to the Town of Killingly. The federal investment will support improvements in at least ten single family homes in rural Killingly, Putnam, and Mansfield, and is one of only two grants awarded throughout the entire stat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the Agriculture Department released an interim final rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program: Issuance of an interim final rule today is a major step forward in clearing the way for expansion of the hemp production industry in Connecticut and across the country. The rule covers requirements for where hemp can be grown, THC testing standards, the disposal process for crops that don't  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), voted in favor of a resolution which outlines the process by which House Committees will continue their inquiry into possible impeachable offenses by President Trump. The resolution outlines procedures for public hearings, allowing both Republicans and Democrats to bring forth witnesses or issue subpoenas, and authorizing committees of jurisdiction to make deposition  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), voted to pass the Dignity in Aging Act (H.R. 4334), bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA). H.R. 4334 increases funding for vital programs that help aging Americans live independently and with dignity. Rep. Courtney and his colleagues on the House Education and Labor Committee voted to approve the Dignity in Aging Act in September. "T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and his colleagues on the House Education and Labor Committee voted to approve the College Affordability Act (H.R. 4674) during a three-day legislative markup session. The College Affordability Act (CAA) takes steps to tackle the rising cost of post-secondary education, to address the student loan debt crisis, streamline the repayment process for student borrowers, and to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, issued the following statement after the Trump administration admitted to separating at least 1,556 more families than previously known due to its zero-tolerance policy. "The Trump administration's policy of government-sanctioned child abuse is ongoing and, unfortunately, we are learning more about its far-reaching effects every week. "T  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, issued the following statement after the Health and Human Services Department announced it has moved the Homestead shelter for unaccompanied children to a so-called "warm status" and will not be renewing its contract with Comprehensive Health Services when it expires on Nov. 30: "Today's announcement is a step in the right direction for ch  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting to continue the House investigation into President Trump: "Today is a solemn day for our country. Through this resolution, the House is continuing its duty to serve as a co-equal branch of government as enshrined in our Constitution. Our founding fathers gave Congress the power to legislate and investigate in order to check abuses of power. Unfortunately, that is what we are facing today. "I  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, issued the following statement after the Education Department released the National Assessment of Educational Progress results: "The 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress results for our nation's fourth- and eighth-grade students are disappointing and show that we must work urgently to strengthen public education in America. Tha  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes joins Access Health CT, Connecticut's official health plan marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act, to announce the Open Enrollment Period for healthcare coverage begins today, November 1. The Open Enrollment Period runs from November 1, 2019 through December 15, 2019. Connecticut residents must enroll in coverage or renew their coverage by December 15th for healthca  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the release of a House resolution directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach President Trump: "This week, the House of Representatives will be voting on a resolution directing certain committees, including the House Intelligence Committee, of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting for the impeachment inquiry resolution: "The President has brought this inquiry on himself through his actions. "This resolution establishes an open process with public hearings so that the American people have a clear understanding of what is happening as the committees continue to follow the facts. "It makes clear that the investigating committees are now formally engaged in an impeachme  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: "Yesterday's announcement of the death of al-Baghdadi was a landmark moment in the allied campaign against ISIS. I commend the Special Operations forces, intelligence community, President Trump, and all who worked to make this raid successful. "This was a dangerous and complex mission and I am grateful to everyone who made this possible. "However, al-Bagh  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - Applauds Rep. Anna Eshoo for her Leadership * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.Res. 296, a bipartisan resolution formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide. "The Armenian Genocide continues to be denied by people around the globe and I'm proud to vote today to raise awareness of this atrocity. "For the past 27 years, Representative Anna Eshoo had helped lead the fight to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today the co-chairs of the Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Marc A. Veasey (TX-33), Martha Roby (AL-02), and Michael R. Turner (OH-10), applauded the announcement by the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin that the next contract for 478 F-35 aircraft has been finalized and the cost is now the lowest in program history. "This announcement solidifies the Pentagon's continued investmen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements on House passage of the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act (H.R. 3942) by a voice vote: "Today, the House took an important first step toward addressing the youth vaping epidemic," said Congresswoman DeLauro. "There is broad, bipartisan agreement that kids should not be able to obtain dangerous e-cigarette products--whether in-person or online.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * - This bicameral and bipartisan legislation would ensure students who move from Puerto Rico to the states are fully counted in the formula used to allocate federal dollars for English instruction * * * U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., along with U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., today introduced bicameral and bipartisan le  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., along with U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., today introduced bicameral and bipartisan legislation to ensure that states like Florida and Connecticut receive their fair share of federal funding to provide English-language instruction to K-12 students. The ELEVATE Act will improve the formula that the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations committees, issued the following statement after it was reported that the Interior Department is halting the use of non-essential Chinese-made drones following pressure from members of Congress: "Our taxpayer dollars shouldn't be used to support Chinese-developed technologies that undercut American companies and put our national security at risk. "I'm glad to see the Inte  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, issued the following statement after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation: "The demands of the Lebanese people are clear--major economic and political reforms to make sure every citizen in Lebanon has a chance to succeed, a government open to new faces, and public services that work. "Re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate Democrats forced a vote under the Congressional Review Act to rollback a Trump administration rule to the Affordable Care Act's Section 1332 waiver policy that would allow states to promote shat he calls short-term junk insurance plans that do not have to cover essential health benefits and can deny people coverage   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday launched a campaign inviting people to share their stories describing how non-compete agreements have negatively affected their career trajectory. Earlier this month, Murphy introduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete agree  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration released its report entitled "Drug Shortages: Root Causes and Potential Solutions": This report was issued in response to a request from Cassidy and Murphy for the FDA to examine the root causes of drug shortages and recommendations the government can take to prevent a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements after the enactment of their Senate resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month: Cassidy said: "One in five Americans has dyslexia. Increasing dyslexia awareness assists our schools in identifying it earlier, which means getting resources to students in need sooner." Murphy said: "Raising awareness about the needs of children with dyslexia is critical to mak  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 1 -- Sens. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements after the Senate voted to allocate at least $1.5 million to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to partner with academia in developing a reliable and cost-effective standard for testing for the presence of pyrrhotite in concrete used in residential, commercial and municipal structures at part of the fiscal 2020 commerce, justice, science   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sens. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration issued its report entitled, "Drug Shortages: Root Causes and Potential Solutions": This report was issued in response to a request from Murphy and Cassidy for the FDA to examine the root causes of drug shortages and recommendations the government can take to prev  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sens. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following statement in response to the National Collegiate Athletic Association working group's recognition that college athletes must be paid: "The NCAA Board of Governors finally recognized that change is coming, and they need to adapt their rules to catch up with the times. We believe those rules must be changed to allow athletes to be compensated. "The name, image and likeness approach has   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * - This legislation is endorsed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, National Council for Behavioral Health, The Kennedy Forum, National Safety Council, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids + Center on Addiction, Shatterproof, SMART Recovery, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Young People in Recovery, CADA of Northwest Louisiana, and Connecticut Certification Board * * * Today, Congresswoman Lori  more