WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: NORWICH, CT - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney alongside the Connecticut Congressional delegation and state leaders announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Amtrak an $826,645,100 grant to support the replacement of the 116-year-old Connecticut River Bridge between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The funding will allow Amtrak to build a modern and resilient new moveable bridge immediate  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD-U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-5), and Governor Ned Lamont on Monday announced the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected 10 projects in Connecticut for a total of nearly $2 billion in feder  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Governor Ned Lamont on announced the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected 10 projects in Connecticut for a total of nearly $2 billion in federal funding from the Infrastructure Inves  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to the Department of Education urging them to recoup funds from for-profit colleges University of Phoenix and Ashford University after the agency cancelled student debts for borrowers that were defrauded by those institutions. "For far too long, predatory for-profit colleges l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Seth Aframe, nominated to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Court of Appeals; Sarah Russell, nominated to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; and Judge Edward Kiel, nominated to be   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Since taking office, Congresswoman Hayes (CT-05) has secured the inclusion of essential resources for veterans and military families in broader legislation signed into law by both Democratic and Republican administrations. In the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced key legislation to address an issue voiced by veterans and military families in the Fifth District. The Waterbury  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-30) reintroduced the See the Board Act, legislation directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants available for nonprofit organizations that provide free, mobile vision services for students in public elementary and secondary schools. Approximately, twelve percent of children in the Fifth District live below th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: Today, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) announced that the Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $488.2 million for the replacement of Norwalk's WALK Bridge and Westport's Saugatuck River Bridge. This funding is allocated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and comes as part of nearly $2 billion to be delivered to 10 projects across Connecticut. "After years in Congress fi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, a broad group of 217 advocacy organizations conducted a day of action today to urge Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. The groups represent a coalition of mental health, privacy, suicide prevention, eating disorder, and child sexual abuse prevention experts and advocates. The coalition sent a letter to Senate leadership, calling for bringing the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: By Erin Schumaker HARTFORD, Conn. -- Sen. Chris Murphy looks at us and doesn't like what he sees. We don't get out enough and it's no wonder considering the amount of time we spend on our phones. We haven't gotten back to our pre-pandemic social routines and it shows: While 1 in 2 Americans reported being lonely prior to 2020, Covid turbocharged the problem. The Connecticut Democrat calls lonelin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) implored his Republican colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee to reject the extreme cuts to Social Security they have proposed and join Democrats to protect and enhance benefits for the first time in over 50 years. You can watch Rep. Larson's remarks here. "10,000 baby boomers a day become eligible for Social Security, and we are the c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Biden administration's supplemental request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Murphy discussed the role of FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- 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, on Thursday joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in leading the majority of the Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to President Biden condemning the brutal terror attacks by   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-As oral arguments in U.S. v. Rahimi (Rahimi) began today, U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call attention the stakes of this case and what it would mean if the Supreme Court sides with Rahimi and overturns commonsense, popular legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Rahimi, a   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-At a press conference today in Washington, DC, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi and several colleagues to introduce the Puerto Rico Status Act, legislation that lays out a process for the people of Puerto Rico to determine the future of the island's political status. "P  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- 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, joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and 105 of their colleagues in a bicameral letter to President Joe Biden calling on his Administration to designate the Palestinian t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. national security interests in Ukraine. In his question to Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien and Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt, Murphy asked how the United States can support Ukraine by making it more difficult for  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: By Eric Lutz [...] "There are just real practical impacts to people feeling lonely and disconnected," Murphy told the crowd of community leaders. "Political instability and polarization is driven by people feeling upset and angry when they can't find positive connection and they go find it in darker, more dangerous places. But I think as I get older, and I get deeper into this job, I just have come  more