WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT - Today, Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Congressional Delegation announced that the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's (DECD) Office of Manufacturing has been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the rapid deployment of smart manufacturing technologies into Connecticut's supply chain. The goal of the initiative is to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to the Biden Administration's Education Department releasing a final rule on gainful employment, which will help protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. "I applaud the Biden administration for reinstating a strong gainful employment (GE) rule, which will protect student borrowers from low-qu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement on the passing of United Steel Workers (USW) International President Tom Conway. "Throughout his entire life, Tom Conway never backed down from fighting for workers. From his start as a USW Local 6787 activist in 1978 to his tenure as USW International president since 2019, Tom championed workers every day. As the leader o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Jim Banks (R-IN-03) introduced the bipartisan SHIELD Act. This legislation would establish an Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and Resilience to set priorities to ensure resilient United States supply chains and robust domestic production in sectors vital to national security. It would help eliminate supply chain dep  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01), during the Ways and Means Committee markup of legislation to provide a $70 billion tax break to the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the Social Security Trust Fund, offered an amendment to protect the solvency of the Trust Fund. Republicans are barreling toward a government shutdown as they fight for cu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) to introduce a resolution recognizing the importance of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the lives of individuals with disabilities and calling for further action from the federal government, in cooperation with states and cities, to adva  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 24 of their Senate Colleagues in a letter urging Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expeditiously reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act and restore net neutrality protections.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: "As a parent, I know just how critical a quality education and affordable child care is for working families. There's no question that families across the country are facing a child care crisis brought on by high costs of care and low pay for child care providers. My legislation takes bold steps to tackle workforce challenges and increase investments in Head Start and Early Start programs that are key   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, five days until the federal government shuts down, Rep. Joe Courtney went to the House Floor to urge bipartisan action to ensure federal workers and servicemembers receive pay without interruption and Americans have sustained access to the services they rely on. "Eastern Connecticut residents remember the pop-up food pantries in New London during the 2019 government shutdown a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Ahead of a potential government shutdown - which could put nearly 7 million women and children WIC recipients at risk of losing benefits - Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), re-introduced the WIC for Kids Act, legislation to eliminate enrollment barriers to Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Child  more