WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced a new oversight and legislative effort to combat telemarketing calls, online scams, and other fraudulent schemes that use charitable and political causes for private enrichment. In letters to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Blumenthal identified possible steps for legislation and sought agency feedba  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force selected Connecticut's 103rd Airlift Wing based at Bradley Air National Guard Base as one of four units to receive a squadron of eight C-130J aircraft. The new aircraft will replace the unit's current inventory of C-130H aircraft. The decision comes after years of advocacy by the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Connecticut's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force selectedConnecticut's 103rd Airlift Wing based at Bradley Air National Guard Base as one of four units to receive a squadron of eight C-130J aircraft. The new aircraft will replace the unit's current inventory of C-130H aircraft. The decision comes after years of advocacy by the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Connecticut's  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, the Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force selected Connecticut's 103rd Airlift Wing based at Bradley Air National Guard Base as one of four units to receive a squadron of eight C-130J aircraft. The new aircraft will replace the unit's current inventory of C-130H aircraft. The decision comes after years of advocacy by the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Connecticut's Adjutant Gene  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman Mike Gallagher, Co-Chairs of the AUKUS Working Group and Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following joint statement to mark the two-year anniversary of the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "This week marks two years since the historic announcement of the trilater  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Today, Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Representative Bobby Scott (VA-3), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), and Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Congressman Raul Grijalva (AZ-07) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), introduced the bicameral Green Ribbon Act, legislation to promote environmental education, health and wellness, and sustainability literacy in schools across the United States. The legislation would build upon the ED-Green Ribbon Schools Program, which was established in 2011 by the U.S. De  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Vice-Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, introduced the School Modernization and Efficient Access to Lunches for Students (MEALS) Act with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05), who also serves on the committee. The School MEALS Act will streamline the approval process for students in need of free school meals, increase community eligi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: East Hartford, CT - Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) attended the Wickham Memorial Library grand re-opening celebration, which was recently renovated with $4 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding. "Growing up, my siblings and I would walk from our home in Mayberry Village to the Wickham Library, and today, I am thrilled to see it continue to be a space welcoming of residents of all a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) congratulated Holly Canevari on her appointment by President Biden to be Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).  "I want to congratulate Deputy Administrator Canevari on her well-deserved appointment," said Larson. "With her deep knowledge and experience in aviation and homeland security policy, there is nobody more well-positioned to ov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Social Security Subcommittee John B. Larson (CT-01) served as the keynote speaker at the Harkin Retirement Security Symposium and was awarded the inaugural "Visionary Award" from the Harkin Institute. The Visionary Award in Retirement Security is given to someone who has dedicated a substantial part of their career to improving the retirement security of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Republicans sent Congress home after failing to pass the annual Defense spending bill. "Republicans have come back to Washington with the responsibility of passing legislation to fund the government, but they are more focused on shutting down government and impeaching the president," said Larson. "Instead of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, following the historic flooding in the Northeast this summer, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), led 16 lawmakers, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), in a letter to leadership of the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committees requesting additional funding  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh with Yuri Kim, Acting Assistant Secretary European and Eurasian Affairs. Murphy raised his concerns with Azerbaijan's ongoing blockade and discussed its relationship with Russia. Murphy questioned whether the U.S. and Europe have made the right choice to inv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to highlight the importance of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed new rule to specify the definition of "engaged in the business" as a dealer in firearms. Murphy's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) clarified the definition of who is "engaged in the business" of dealing in firearms as a person doing so wi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, released a statement following his meeting with the Foreign Minister of Bahrain, Dr. Abdulatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. "I appreciated the opportunity to speak with Foreign Minister Al-Zayani about the new security and economic agreeme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD-Following the historic flooding in the Northeast this summer, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Representative John Larson (D-Conn.-01) on Monday led 16 lawmakers, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05), in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Thursday released the following statement in support of humanitarian access to areas of Libya affected by catastrophic storms. "We are distressed by the continuing reports out of Libya that thou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to oppose Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) efforts to block hundreds of military nominations and promotions. "We are at an unprecedented moment in the history of the Senate. There are hundreds of brave, courageous leaders in our military who are being denied promotions, being denied the rank that they deserve because o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism and a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call attention to Egypt's egregious human rights record and urge the Biden administration to withhold the full $320 million in security aid th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (CT-01), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07), and six original cosponsors reintroduced the Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act. The legislation restores federal protections of Social Security benefits to prevent the federal government from garnishing the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Late last week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Whitefield to meet with environmental stakeholders and visit the Pondicherry Wildlife Sanctuary following the introduction of her legislation, the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act (CRWPA). "Supporting waterways--like the Connecticut River--provides tremendous economic, environm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), issued a subpoena to the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund's (PIF) wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, USSA International LLC, for documents related to PIF's takeover of American golf and other investments throughout the United States. "The Saudi's Public Investm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chair of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), will convene a hearing on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM titled "The PGA Tour-LIV Deal: Examining the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund's Investments in the United States." In the last several years, the Public Investment Fund - the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign we  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act. The Long Island Sound borders Connecticut and New York, with more than 20 million people living within 50 miles of the Sound's beaches. Decades of high levels of pollution, dump  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: Gillibrand: "Important Funding For The Long Island Sound Is Set To Expire In 2023. Our Bill Would Ensure This Vital Watershed Remains Safe And Sound For Generations to Come." Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act. The Long Island Sou  more