HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on the planned layoffs at CVS Health. "These significant nationwide layoffs are deeply alarming," Blumenthal said. "The company made a commitment to the city of Hartford when they purchased Aetna and they should maintain that commitment. I have been in contact with CVS and we don't yet know what   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement in response to the second federal indictment of former President Donald Trump by a grand jury: "No person is above the law -- and violations should be pursued no matter how powerful the person is. "A grand jury has decided to charge former President Trump after an intensive investigation lasting many months  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Earlier today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) reintroduced the Strengthening America's Families Act (SAFA), which would use research and the science of child development to transform the child welfare system. "Facing rising costs across the country, working families are feeling economic stress which may result in adults working more or not being  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023, and a letter: On Saturday, July 29, 2023, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture, welcomed Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, to the Fifth District of Connecticut. Ranking Member Hayes and Chairman Thompson hosted a 2023 Farm Bill Listening Session and heard  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Safe to Tell Act to help students anonymously report safety concerns and threats of violence. This bipartisan legislation would allocate grant funding to states for the implementation of a 24-hour Safe2Tell tip line that reports concerns to law enforcement, cris  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, Rep. Joe Courtney and Claire Coleman, CT's Consumer Counsel, gathered stakeholders at Marlborough's Senior Center to help residents access the low-cost broadband program established by the federal infrastructure law. Over 40 percent of older Americans do not have broadband access, limiting their access to essential services like tele-health, delivery services, and communi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $2 million in federal funding to support the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's (CMCH) Educating for Democracy and Community History Projects. "As a former public school teacher, I recognize the need to bolster civics education at the K-12 level and preserve the stories of today as the history of tomorrow," said Larson. "  more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released this statement following the announcement that Aetna CVS Health will lay off 5,000 employees this year: "First and foremost, my thoughts are with the thousands of families that these layoffs will impact, and I am committed to doing whatever my office can do to help those workers recover," said Larson. "It is disappointing t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Mayor Luke Bronin announced $1 million in new federal funding to restore the Colt Gardener's Cottage and Carriage House and integrate the buildings into the Coltsville National Historical Park. "After authorizing Coltsville as a unit of the National Park System, this funding to restore histo  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN's State of the Union to discuss President Biden's economic successes as well as the need for Supreme Court ethics reform. On the effectiveness of Bidenomics, Murphy said: "The economy is booming right now. You're talking about unemployment under 4%. You're seeing a reduction in inflation that's outpacing all of our other glo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on CVS Health Corp's plans to eliminate 5,000 jobs, which may impact workers at Aetna's Hartford headquarters: "The layoffs announced today at CVS are more evidence that the recent massive consolidations in the health care industry are bad for both workers and consumers. We don't yet know   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023, and a letter: 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.) joined a bicameral group of colleagues on Tuesday in calling on President Joe Biden to support needed funding to prevent a national wave of child care center closures. Congress secured historic funding in the American Rescue  more

NORWICH, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Today, Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA-15), Susan DelBene (D-WA-01), and Ron Estes (R-KS-04) re-introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023, legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes coverage of skilled nursing care for certain patients, resulting in exorbitant and unexpected out-of-pocket costs  more