WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. Courtney issued the following statement after Senator Blumenthal announced his plans to introduce Rep. Courtney's Sergeant First Class Michael Clark TRICARE Reserve Parity Act in the Senate. The bill will extend health care coverage for surviving family members following the death of a Guard or Reserve Member from six months to three years--the same length as active-duty components. "Ahead of Memori  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced legislation in the U.S, Senate, first introduced and led by U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Trent Kelly (R-MS) in the House, to extend crucial health benefits to surviving families of National Guard members and Reservists. Sergeant First C  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) introduced the Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act, a bill to authorize the administration, in consultation with Congress, to negotiate and enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the United Kingdom. The members released the following statements: "American manufac  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) announced landmark legislation, Social Security 2100, to protect and enhance the program. "Social Security is the number one anti-poverty program for the elderly, for children, and a disability plan that more veterans rely on than the VA," said Larson."As Americans are faced with a global pandemic, s  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on May 22, 2023: Rep. John Larson (CT-01), alongside Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), urged President Biden to take decisive action under the 14th Amendment to prevent a default if Congressional leaders are unable to reach a legislative solution to raise the debt ceiling. "The Fourteenth Amendm  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House of Representatives left for a district work period before addressing the debt limit. If Congress does not lift the debt limit prior to the expected default date of June 1st, there would be unprecedented economic and human consequences. "Republicans have gone home saying we ought to take their proposal that would put 313,000 pe  more

PRISTINA, Connecticut, May 23 -- 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 Monday began his congressional delegation visit to the Western Balkans in Kosovo. Murphy met with President Vjosa Osmani, Speaker of the Assembly Glauk Konjufca, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and a group of Kosovan Serb Civil Society Representatives. Murphy highlighted the strong U.S.-Kosovo re  more

BELGRADE, Connecticut, May 26 -- 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 Thursday spoke at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade to discuss his congressional delegation visit to the Western Balkans. Murphy met with President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, and paid his respects at the Vladislav Ribnikar School where nine students and one   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) co-authored an op-ed in the Daily Beast with Ian Marcus Corbin, a philosopher at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita, to call for a spiritual renaissance in American politics. Murphy and Corbin point to the failures of neoliberalism - rampant consumerism, economic inequality, loss of community - as the origins for many Americans' fe  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday joined U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), and Frederica Wilson (D-Texas) to announce reintroduction of legislation to prohibit the practice of corporal punishment in any school that receives federal fundin  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the dangers posed by unfair and deceptive marketing and advertising practices conducted by the gun industry. The Responsible Firearms Marketing Act would require the Commission to study the actions of gun manufacturers, importers, and dealers, including t  more

PRISTINA, Connecticut, May 23 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, this weekend traveled to the Western Balkans for a congressional delegation visit to the region. Throughout the week, the senators will meet with leaders in Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia to di  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Amid threats to weaken federal nutrition programs, Ranking Member of the Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Subcommittee, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led the re-introduction of the Feed Hungry Veterans Act to eliminate undue barriers faced by veterans with disabilities in accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U  more