WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a federal grant totaling more than $21,000 to the Housing Authority of the Town of Enfield. The federal investment will support a housing program coordinated through HUD that combines HUD's Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance for homeless veterans program with case management   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to recall drugs containing ranitidine due to high levels of N-Nitrososdimethylamine ("NDMA"), a probable human carcinogen. "Due to a historically very high perception of safety, ranitidine is heavily prescribed t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a detailed letter (https://delauro.house.gov/sites/delauro.house.gov/files/DeLauro_Murray_Tipped_Wages_Comments_DOL.pdf) to the United States Department of La  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Representatives John Larson (CT-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that funding they have fought for to provide federal resources to conduct research on Connecticut's crumbling foundations crisis has been included in the final, conferenced version of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill for Fis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, which would restore the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction that was capped by the Republican Tax Law in 2017. "The Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act will end the double-taxation of Connecticut residents and families. 83 percent of the benefits from the 2017 Republican Tax Law went to th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ranking Member Tom Reed (NY-23) introduced the Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (H.R. 5446). This bill would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide identity theft victims with a single point of contact within SSA when the misuse of their Social Security number (  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Sign Pro, Inc. of Plantsville is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer." Founded in 1990, Sign Pro, Inc. is a turnkey manufacturer, systems integrator, designer and installer of interior and exterior signage, custom structures, and marketing materials. The company specializes in corporate and individual signage for a divers  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- 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 Tuesday applauded the inclusion of his measure, the European Energy Security and Diversification Act, in the government spending bills to be voted on this week. This legislation, for the first time, allows the United States to help finance strategic energy projects in Europe and Eurasia. This is a subst  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- 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, on Monday released his third and final report in a series that considers the range of problems within college athletics. The report, "Madness, Inc.: How College Sports Can Leave Athletes Broken and Abandoned," examines the ways in which colleges and the NCAA neglect athletes' hea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with U.S. Representatives Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) and William Keating (MA-09) on Friday applauded passage of their European Energy Security and Diversification Act that was included in the appropriations package and will head to the president's desk to become law. This legislation, for the first time, allows the United States to he  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass the final negotiated spending packages to fund the government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Together, these measures contain several initiatives to support programs and priorities in eastern Connecticut that Congressman Courtney fought for in the bill, and throughout the year-long budget process. "Today's passage of a bipartisan appropriations package that avo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act (H.R. 5377), which would restore the state and local tax deduction (SALT) to its full effect in future tax years, and removes the marriage penalty for the 2019 tax year. The partisan 2017 tax bill capped the deduction at $10,000, causing many homeowners in Connecticut's Second Congressional District   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and the U.S. House of Representatives voted in bipartisan fashion to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (USMCA) (H.R. 5430). The final USMCA makes substantive changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was negotiated between the Trump Administration and the governments of Canada and Mexico earlier this year, and repres  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that his 10-year effort to repeal the looming 40% excise tax on certain employer-sponsored health insurance plans, known as the "Cadillac Tax," has been included in the final negotiated spending package to fund the government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The bill text, made public this afternoon, includes the provision Rep. Courtney has fought for to repeal the Cad  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- 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 securing $25 million in gun violence prevention research funding in the fiscal 2020 funding bill: "Nearly 7 years to the day after we lost 20 beautiful children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary, we are finally making progress in Congress to reduce gun violence. "I am proud to say that I was able   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- 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 House passed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Appropriations bill by a 297-120 vote: "For years, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education funding bill has been shortchanged. We are making up for lost ground. We fought the Senate to win crucial investments that will help pe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting for the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act (H.R. 5377), which would restore the state and local tax deduction: President Trump and Republican's 2017 tax bill cut the deduction, causing 87,800 households to face property tax increases in the Third District. "Two years ago, President Trump and Congressional Republicans raised taxes on hardworking homeowners in Connecticut.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting to impeach President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress: "President Donald Trump's actions are a dangerous departure from his oath of office and his duty to uphold the Constitution. As with many of my colleagues, I was reluctant to call for impeachment because I feared it would further divide our country, be perceived as overturning the 2016 election, and go to the United St  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) sent a letter to her colleagues regarding the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), also known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). A signed copy of the letter can be found here (https://delauro.house.gov/sites/delauro.house.gov/files/DeLauro_USMCA_Dear_Colleague.pdf), and the full text is below: Dear Colleague - I write to let you know   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the House passed legislation eliminating the cap on state and local tax deduction for 2020 and 2021. The bill also doubles the cap for 2019 for couples filing jointly: "As leaders, one of our most important duties is to design a fair and equitable tax system. The tax code should never be used as a means to score political points. "Implemented as part of the GOP tax bill in 2018, the $10,000 SALT cap   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted to pass two bipartisan appropriations packages, H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, which fund the federal government through fiscal year 2020. The two "minibuses" contain numerous victories for Congresswoman Hayes' priorities, notably allocating $25 million to fund gun violence research for the first time in more than two decades, investing record high funding  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On the anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and United States Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced H. Con. Res 80, which declares federal government support of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act as well as legislation from 1968 requiring all infrastructure built with public   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: This week, United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 5475, the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers (PROSPECT) Act. This important legislation would invest heavily in federal grants supporting childcare for student-parents at community colleges and Minority Serving Institutions (MSI's). The bill was cosponsored by   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: Congressman Jim Himes released the following statement on the House passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, commonly known as USMCA, and the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, which would raise the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions that were instituted in the 2017 Tax bill, at the end of a week which also saw passage of a sweeping government-funding deal: "This was   more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes is pleased to announce Avni Gupta is the 2019 Congressional App Challenge winner with the creation of her app, the Food Allergy Scanner. Avni is a freshman at Wilton High School, and her innovative program uses a cellphone's camera to scan food item barcodes to notify the user if there are any present allergens associated with the user's profile. Her winning app will be fe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the inclusion of his Protecting Access to Wheelchairs Act (H.R. 2293) in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. His bill passed the Ways and Means Committee earlier this year as part of the HEARTS and Rural Relief Act (H.R. 3429) and a similar version passed the House last year. "I am thrilled that the Protecting Access to Wheelchairs Act passed the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the House approval of Defense funding in the National Security Appropriations Minibus (H.R. 1158): * * * - Legislation Will Strengthen CT-01 Manufacturing * * * "I was proud to support this bipartisan agreement that provides the full-year funding for our national security programs, delivers key priorities for Connecticut's manufacturing base, and eliminates the looming threat of a funding lapse.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting for the two articles of impeachment against President Trump: "As we vote today, I think it is instructive that Americans reflect on how we got to this point. The impeachment of Donald J. Trump has largely been brought on by the President himself. "The President took two specific actions: he directly solicited a foreign government to gather information on his political opponent. He then furthe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after voting for the fiscal 2020 appropriation packages: "I was proud to vote for the bipartisan, bicameral appropriations bills funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year. "Today's appropriations bills provides funding for top priorities in the First District, from continuing to strengthen our manufacturing sector to funding critical research programs National Institute of Health   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal's decision that upholds a previous district court decision that struck down part of the Affordable Care Act: The 5th Circuit sent the case back down to a lower court to decide the constitutionality of the law. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains law while the lower court reaches a decision. "Yesterday's ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is deeply troubling. De  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, issued the following statement applauding the House passage of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1865), which included a $100 million increase for the Social Security Administration to strengthen front-line service delivery: "This funding is an important step towards strengthening the Social Security Administration's ability to reduce benefit delays an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the renegotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement: "The original USMCA negotiated by the Trump Administration fell way short of being a good deal for the American people. In particular, it failed to include adequate labor standards or enforcement, harmed Congress's ability to lower drug prices, and contained harmful environmental provisions. It is because of the work of House Democrats that a number of key   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which included Larson's Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act (VRIPA). The bipartisan legislation would exempt from taxation the benefits volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel receive from their communities for tax year 2020. "Our first responders put their lives on th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following joint statement with Reps. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security, and Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, chairman of the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, after the Social Security Administration posted its final rule regarding the manner for the appearance of parties and witnesses at appeals hearings when an application for  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, helped secure $25 million to fund gun violence research in this year's Labor-HHS-Education funding bill that the Senate will vote on this week. The bill specifically includes $12.5 million for the Center for Disease Control and $12.5 million  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the 7th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School: "Seven years ago today, a little seven year old boy woke up earlier than he ever had before during his first grade year. Daniel Barden saw his older brother, his idol, waiting for the bus at the end of the driveway. He ran down the driveway, in his pajamas and flip flops, and gave his brother a big goodbye hug. His dad remembers it  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after the House voted to impeach President Trump: "Every senator took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, and now that a trial of the president is coming to the Senate, we need to recognize that conducting a fair, fact-centered trial is central to that oath. "I don't want a trial that drags on for months, but I also want to make sure every senator has all the information relevant to the w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Tuesday met with Dr. Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, for the inaugural meeting of the bipartisan working group created this month on student athlete compensation and related issues. The meeting covered: 1) the need and potential for federal action in the area of college athletics and athlete compensation; 2) growing agreement from  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01) on Tuesday, announced that funding they have fought for to provide federal resources to conduct research on Connecticut's crumbling foundations crisis has been included in the final, conferenced version of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- 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, on Monday released his third and final report in a series that considers the range of problems within college athletics. The report, "Madness, Inc.: How College Sports Can Leave Athletes Broken and Abandoned," examines the ways in which colleges and the NCAA neglect athletes' hea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Chair of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies, led a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expressing their disappointment and alarm about the failure of C  more