WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Representative Hayes (CT-05) secured $3,059,180 in funding for community health centers in CT-05 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded funding to 4 community health centers in Danbury, Plainville, Torrington, and Waterbury as a part of the legisl  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, April 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded another round of federal grant funding totaling more than $1.7 million to two eastern Connecticut health centers in Willimantic and in Norwich for the purpose of aiding the response to COVID-19. The grants were awarded to Generations Family Health Center, Inc. in Willimantic and to  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement calling for the resignation of Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly after remarks were obtained in which the Acting Secretary publicly referred to the former Commanding Officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier, as "naive" or "stupid" for his actions to protect the men and women under his command from the spread   more

NORWICH, Connecticut, April 6 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement after General Dynamics Electric Boat announced that Electric Boat President Kevin Graney has tested positive for the coronavirus: "Kevin is a talented engineer and shipbuilder, a good leader at the shipyard, and most importantly a really good person - we're all rooting for him to get healthy as soon as possible, and it's good to know that right now his symptoms are mild. "The top priority has to r  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, April 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on April 9: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released the following statement after the Gilman Brothers Company announced that they would be moving forward with a massive effort to produce medical supplies for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes following correspondence between Rep. Courtney's office and FEMA, which took place throughou  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report detailing the challenges hospitals and healthcare workers are facing while treating coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, as well as what they need from the federal government. "The President recently said we are fighting a war to defeat  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 8: Yesterday, 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing concerns following an update on how HH  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that community health centers in the First District would be receiving over $5.6 million in funding to combat COVID-19 from the CARES ACT, which Larson voted for. "Our community health centers are on the front lines of this pandemic, helping our most vulnerable communities. This funding will provide health centers in the First District with much neede  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5), on Friday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the department to immediately halt plans to finalize or move forward with regulations that will limi  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), Congressman Conor Lamb (PA-17), and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) sent a letter with 58 House Democratic colleagues to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging USDA to expand online purchases for the Supplemental Nu  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On Friday, April 3, 2020, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01), Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Ways and Means Members Reps. Bradley S. Schneider (IL-10) and Brian Higgins (NY-26) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IR  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following transcript on April 8 of an interview on Facebook Live With Connecticut Children's Chief Physician Chief Juan Salazar: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) held a Facebook Live on Wednesday with Connecticut Children's Medical Center Physician in Chief Dr. Juan Salazar to discuss how coronavirus is affecting children and the challenges parents are facing in Connecticut and answer questions on how families can appr  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 6: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Modern Plastics of Shelton is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer." Ordinarily, Modern Plastics is a sheet, rod, tube and film distributor of plastic medical-grade materials, producing products for companies like Sikorsky Aircraft, Electric Boat/General Dynamics, General Electric Medical, Lockheed Martin, and m  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week launched a campaign inviting people to thank a health care worker in Connecticut who is on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who want to share are encouraged to post a video to Instagram with the hashtag #CTHERO and tag @SenChrisMurphy. Murphy will plan to highlight some of these stories on his accounts. "Even a small gesture can go a long  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday led 15 senators in urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to strongly press foreign governments to immediately release U.S. citizens and political prisoners detained abroad in order to protect them from COVID-19. In a letter to Secretary Pompeo, the senato  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday announced that they will introduce legislation to reaffirm the United States' commitment to global health security amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Health Security Act would establish a Global Health Security Interagency Review Council and the United St  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with 26 Senate Democrats on Tuesday urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reopen the Affordable Care Act's online marketplace to allow more un- and under-insured Americans to get health insurance as they face potential health issues related to COVID-19. In a letter to the Secretary Alex Azar  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: In light of President Trump's removal of seven Inspectors General--including the one tasked with oversight of the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief funds--U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday announced legislation to enhance the independence of inspectors general and allow them to do their jobs without fear of political retribution. Specifically, the Inspectors General Independence Act establ  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- 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 Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with 17 colleagues, in calling on the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure small businesses receive Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) associated with the COVID-19 crisis and the new Emergency Economic Injury Grants (EEIGs) within three days of application as mandated by Congress. The se  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, pressed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information regarding the precautions they have taken to assure the accuracy of COVID-19 tests, as well as for manufa  more