NORWICH, Connecticut, May 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) announced the award of federal grants totaling more than $800,000 to two eastern Connecticut health centers that serve patients throughout New London and Windham Counties. The grants were awarded to United Community Health Center, Inc. in Norwich and to Generations Family Health Center, Inc. in Willimantic, and both were issued by the U.S. Department of Health and  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, May 13 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the House introduction of the HEROES Act: The Heroes Act is a bold and comprehensive bill that would authorize more than $3 trillion in to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on families, small businesses, states and local governments, and many others. The Heroes Act represents the fourth major COVID-19 response package that t  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) released a letter that he wrote to several eastern Connecticut chambers of commerce to provide clarification for small businesses on the federal tax impact of a forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In a video conference held yesterday between Courtney and representatives from Norwich, Eastern, and Mystic Chambers, questions were asked about whether forgiven PPP   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 15: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass a bipartisan resolution (H. Res. 965) to temporarily implement remote voting by proxy on the Floor of the House of Representatives, as well as to allow for virtual committee proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure was voted on today following weeks of negotiations, and will allow for the House of Representatives to vote on and advance the imp  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800). The HEROES Act is a bold and comprehensive bill that would authorize urgently needed funding to address the Coronavirus health and economic crisis. The HEROES Act is the fifth COVID-19 aid package that the House has passed on a bipartisan basis, and would commit another $75  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, are proposing legislation to make sure workers get fair access to legal remedy despite the coronavirus pandemic. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wa  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The Connecticut Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging him to release additional Congressionally-appropriated funding to the seventeen small- and medium-sized hospitals in Connecticut that were excluded from the recent $10 billion COVID High Impact Allocation. Connecticut currently ranks among the hardest hit states in the natio  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: As the pandemic broadens and the Trump Administration bungles, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the Health Subcommittee on Ways and Means, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, urge Secretary Azar to create a transparent process for distributing available doses of remdesivir and to swif  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 12: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes joined Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and Congressmembers Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Danny Davis (IL-7), and Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) in calling for a $100 billion investment in the child care sector following the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy, the House   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 15: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes voted in favor of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, which passed the House. The $3 trillion proposal would bring resources back to Connecticut and help to address the grave reality that families across the country are facing. "I voted for The Heroes Act today, because it is a bill for the people at a time when the people need it most," said Congresswoman Hayes. "Further assi  more

SHELTON, Connecticut, May 16 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced that the Recovery Network of Programs (RNP) will receive a $4 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. RNP is a behavioral healthcare organization that has been providing comprehensive services, including housing, substance use and mental health treatment for forty-eight years. "Congratulations to RNP for being selected as recipients o  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following op-ed on May 15 regarding coronavirus, published in the Hartford Courant: Newspaper accounts chronicle loved ones dying alone with families unable to be at their bedside, to speak or hold their hand. Isolated behind a glass window, they can only wave their final good-byes. This is how the coronavirus impacts the people of Connecticut. It is absolutely heartbreaking. We applaud the valiant efforts of nurses, doctors   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on the introduction of the HEROES Act to provide additional relief to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic: "The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. The Heroes Act builds on the needed relief provided through the Families First Act and CARES Act to establish hazard pay for essential workers, extend unemployment benefits through January 31st, provide a second round of Economic Impact Payments, and more. Th  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 15: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted for the Heroes Act which provides an additional relief to Americans to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. "Americans are dying from this pandemic and are struggling financially. They want action from their leaders. Today, the House took action. Majority Leader McConnell has questioned whether additional relief-packages were needed. He's wrong. My office has heard   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Jahana Hayes (D-5) applauded $7.5 million that Connecticut health centers will receive from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to expand  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The Connecticut Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging him to release additional Congressionally-appropriated funding to the seventeen small- and medium-sized hospitals in Connecticut that were excluded from the recent $10 billion COVID High Impact Allocation. Connecticut currently ranks among the hardest hit states in the nation  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit decision refusing President Trump's effort to dismiss D.C. and Maryland vs. Trump, a lawsuit which seeks to block Trump International Hotel from accepting payments from foreign and state governments: "We are pleased that the c  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- 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, joined Congresswomen Linda T. Sanchez (CA-38), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-AL), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and the National WIC Association in reintroducing the Wise Investment in Children Act (WIC Act). The legislation would extend the eligibility for children to part  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, issued the following news release: As tech companies and public health agencies deploy contact tracing apps and digital monitoring tools to fight the spread of COVID-19, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Mark Warner of Virginia, introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act to set strong and enforceable privacy and data secur  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 15: Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) and Foreign Affairs Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) are requesting that the U.S. State Department immediately turn over the Trump administration's plan to cut Social Security benefits and all related documents. In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic and with over 20 million Americans un  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Nita M. Lowey, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, issued the following joint statement after the White House announced Anthony Fauci would testify before Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee after blocking his appearance before the House Appropriations Committee: "The White House's decision to  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- 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, Laura Hatcher of Little Lobbyists, and Brad Woodhouse of Protect Our Care, held a press call on Tuesday to discuss the dire stakes of the Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Last week, the House of Representatives and state attorneys general filed briefs in support of  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led a letter with several of their colleagues, including Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), urging U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to take action to prevent hospitals from garnishing workers' wages as a means to collect medical debt. As the senators note in their letter, hospitals should not t  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- 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 Wednesday joined CARE COO Tjada McKenna and former USAID Administrator and ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith to discuss the importance of global health funding as a way to strengthen the anti-pandemic response globally. Murphy said: "The fact of the matter is that a disease that started in the fall on the ot  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- 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 Pension (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday joined CNN's the Daily DC with CNN Senior Political Correspondent Nia-Malika Henderson to discuss this week's HELP hearing with White House coronavirus task force members where Murphy pressed for CDC guidance as states look to reopen in the coming days and weeks. On th  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 13: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) on Wednesday held a conference call with reporters to discuss the new Senate Democrats report "COVID-19 and Its Impact on our Mental Health." The Senators discussed how social isolation, fear of contracting the virus and job loss are directly affecting people across the  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a press call with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) this week to announce a new legislative proposal to help small businesses and workers deal with the economic impacts of COVID-19. The senators' proposal, the Rebuilding Main Street Act, would allow employers to share their payroll costs with the federal government and receive a g  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), U.S. Representative Jason Crow (D-Colo.), U.S. Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.), U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) on Wednesday welcomed inclusion of their language offered in the Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act in the latest COVID-19 stimulus package, th  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined by Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) announced the Cash Refunds for Coronavirus Cancellations Act of 2020. This legislation would require major airlines and third-party ticket sellers to offer full cash refunds for all cancelled tickets during the coronavirus pandemic, regardle  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 11: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a bipartisan group of their colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.), calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately work to ensure SNAP participants can receive home food delivery and curbside pickup during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter to USDA, the senat  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and fourteen senators introducing legislation to ban "ghost" guns. Murphy and Blumenthal announced the Untraceable Firearms Act at a press call earlier today with Everytown for Gun Safety. Reports indicate that the public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have spurred an increase in demand for and sale of these untraceab  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 13: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a group of 10 of their senate colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking transparency and information regarding the distribution process for the COVID-19 therapeutic remdesivir. Durbin and the Senators cited significant con  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: With parents facing layoffs due to unprecedented unemployment during COVID-19, plus recent reports of diaper shortages as a result of stockpiling and supply chain issues, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are teaming up to urge the Senate to support low-income families and front-line workers who are in critical need of diaper assistance to provide for the health, safety, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced new legislation to help small businesses, nonprofits, and workers weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and support a safe reopening. On a press conference call, the Senators laid out the details of their proposal, the Rebuilding Main Street Act, which would expand the existing work sh  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- 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. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), who led other HELP Committee members Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Robert P. Casey (D-Pa.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in sending a letter to HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) requesting t  more