WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement on the death of former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker: "Lowell Weicker was always larger than life -- fearless and relentless in fighting for what he believed right, and in serving people. "As an elected official, he was a model of courage in standing up and spe  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, allowing the owner of a Colorado graphic design business to discriminate against same-sex couples' requests for wedding websites: "Granting business owners the right to refuse service based on someone's identity is antitheti  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, rejecting the consideration of race during the college admissions process: "Diversity has helped mak  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska blocking student debt relief for millions of Americans: "This Supreme Court decision condemns a generation of American student loan borrowers to a lifetime of financial insecurity - putting off homeownership, starting families, and bu  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation announced that Connecticut will receive $144 million to expand high-speed internet access through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a federal grant program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "Access to high speed internet is no longer  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 24, 2023: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led over 30 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a renewed statement of principles affirming their support for a woman's right to choose. In June 2021, DeLauro led Catholic lawmakers in releasing a statement of principles that outlined how their Catholic faith influences them as lawmakers, making clear their commit  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 24, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement following the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade. "One year ago, the activist conservative Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent, disregarding science to strip away a woman's fundamental and constitutional right to make her own healthcare decisions. "To this date, at least 24 s  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released a statement in response to a ruling by the conservative majority on Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. "Once more, the activist conservatives on the Supreme Court have put a giant roadblock in our progress: this coun  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, July 1 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced $4,528,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to complete construction of the Norwalk River Valley Trail. The over 30-mile-long multi-use trail will extend from Norwalk to Danbury and link several Fourth District municipalities along the way, including Norwalk, Wilton, Ridgefield, and Redding. The grant, f  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement applauding Governor Lamont and the Connecticut General Assembly for supporting homeowners impacted by basement flooding and sewage backups in Hartford's North End. "I have heard from many homeowners in Hartford's North End left with nowhere to turn but their personal savings to address basement flooding  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, prohibiting the consideration of race in college admissions: "Today's Supreme Court decision to roll back affirmative   more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released this statement following the Supreme Court overruling President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan of $10,000 in student debt relief for borrowers making under $125,000 and an additional $10,000 for Pell Grant recipients. "When President Biden announced his student debt forgiveness plan last year, millions of low- and m  more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 30 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the assault of State Rep. Maryam Khan on Eid al-Adha: "My heart goes out to State Rep. Maryam Khan, who was attacked at an Eid al-Adha service in Hartford yesterday. "I am grateful to the bystanders who leapt to Rep. Khan's defense and our local law enforcement for acting quickly to arrest t  more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senator and Governor Lowell Weicker: "Our hearts go out to Claudia and the entire Weicker family. Governor Weicker was an exceptional leader who never shied away from taking on the difficult tasks of both governance and politics," said Larson. "He led forthrightly and  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced a $19 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant for the City of Hartford's North Main Street Streetscape and Multimodal Transportation Project. The funding will support streetscape improvements in Nor  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that FallCall Solutions, based in Trumbull, was named June's "Innovator of the Month." Founded in 2015, FallCall was created by physicians who observed that many older adults who sustained injuries due to falls did not use traditional personal emergency response devices, however, many of them owned wearable technology and mobile phones. Their   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Friday released the following statement: "For years, I have been pressing the Coast Guard to be fully transparent about the extent of sexual assault and racial discrimination on the campus of the Coast Guard Academy. It is beyond the pale that despite my repeated calls  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, allowing businesses to deny services to LGBTQ couples: "This week's rulings made it perfectly clear that the right wing justices on the Supreme Court are just making it up as they go along, imposing their political will on the country under  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to prohibit the consideration of race in college admissions. "The Supreme Court's decision today is a devastating blow to the decades of progress toward improving racial diversity in high  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced the inclusion of several Connecticut priorities in the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction and Veterans Administration Appropriations bill. The bill includes $112.5 million for the Pier 31 Extension at the New London Submarine base and $219 million for the Weapon  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced the inclusion of $6.52 million for Connecticut Congressionally Directed Spending projects in the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Committee passage is the first step in the proce  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative John Larson (D-Conn.-01) announced a $19 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant for the City of Hartford's North Main Street Streetscape and Multimodal Transportation Project. The funding will support streetscape improvements in Northeast Hartfor  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led a bipartisan group of senators in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to prioritize addressing the deteriorating security situation between Kosovo and Serbia. U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), P  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) along with U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) to introduced the Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act, legislation to protect the dignity of those who donate their bodies to education or research. Specifically, the bill would create standards for registration, inspection, chain of custody,   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 24, 2023: One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, co-sponsored a slate of legislation to protect reproductive rights,  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: The American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act, H.R. 2673, introduced by Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) in April now has more than 100 cosponsors as the list of supporters continues to grow. In addition to Rep. Estes and lead Democrat Rep. John Larson (D-Connecticut), the bill's more than 100 cosponsors are split evenly along party lines - signaling a high level of bipartisanship and support for  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Biden v. Nebraska. "Today's SCOTUS decision denying partial loan forgiveness-pursuant to the 2003 HEROES Act--is another example of the tortured opinions the Roberts court uses to overturn clear statutory la  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Philadelphia Shipyard christened the EMPIRE STATE--the first of five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) authorized by the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee in 2016, led by Ranking Member Courtney. "Today's christening of the EMPIRE STATE is a powerful statement about the imp  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, June 29 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement on the passing of former Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker: "The passing Lowell Weicker at his home in Old Lyme surrounded by his wife Claudia and family will resonate far and wide," Courtney said. "His service to our nation and state was always driven by the public good - whether it was caring for t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation announced that Connecticut will receive $144 million to expand high-speed internet access through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a federal grant program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "Access to high-speed i  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Gov. Ned Lamont and his administration Monday committed $85 million in state funding from the state's Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Fund-related funding for a pilot program that will address sewage overflows in streets and basements in North Hartford, where residents have been chronically impacted by the long-term recurrence of flooding. The Clean Water Fund is administe  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and a group of lawmakers in introducing the Right to Contraception Act, legislation to codify Americans' right to contraception, which the Supreme Court first recognized more than half a century ago in Griswold v. Connecticut. Enshrining the right t  more