HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $236,000 grant to the Connecticut Department of Public Health to protect the health of beachgoers. This funding is part of $10.6 million in grants, announced in May, to help coastal and Great Lakes communities. The funding will support water quality monitoring and publi  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 12 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: Last week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $1 million in new federal funding with Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin to restore the Colt Gardener's Cottage and Carriage House and integrate the buildings into the Coltsville National Historical Park. In 2014, Rep. Larson's Coltsville National Historical Park Act was signed into law by President Obama, officially designating Col  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Blue Earth Compost, based in Hartford, was named "Innovator of the Month." Founded in 2013, Blue Earth is a certified B-Corp that makes composting more accessible to homes and businesses to decrease the amount of food waste that ends up in landfills and incinerators. Since its founding, Blue Earth has collected over 34 million pounds of f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release statement on Aug. 10, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counter terrorism, on Thursday released the following statement on the release of American citizens wrongfully imprisoned in Iran: "I am immensely relieved that Morad Tahbaz, Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, and other unjustly detai  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.-13) led a group of 26 lawmakers in reintroducing the Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act, legislation to ban dangerous "ghost" guns. These weapons, which are easily assembled with a 3-D printer or a do-it-yourself gun making kit purchased from an unlicensed seller, can be obtai  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden to thank the administration for its support for New England communities that suffered catastrophic flooding in July 2023 and request that President Biden continue to address the ongoing nee  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Honoring Our PACT Act into law. The legislation expands U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care treatment and benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Since President Biden signed the PACT Act into law last year, the VA has delivered more than $1.4 billion in PACT Act benefits to veterans. More than 665,0  more