WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, following the vote to Censure Representative Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement: "Today, I voted YEA on a resolution to censure Representative Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on September 30th, 2023. While I disagree with the decision of the Republican majority to put the resolution on the House Floo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the YouthBuild for the Future Act to reauthorize the YouthBuild program, a national program that equips opportunity youth - people ages 16 to 24 who are disconnected from school and work opportunities - to education, employment, and leadership skills. YouthBuild services more than 5,000 opportunity youth in more than 40 states, in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) praised the Pentagon's announcement that Pratt & Whitney will be the sole source for F-35 engine upgrade work. "I am both gratified and proud that the Pentagon is committing to sole source production of the F135 to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft over a costly alternative engine. This is the right decision   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD-U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that SKYRE, based in East Hartford, was named "Innovator of the Month." SKYRE uses patented electrochemical technology to build innovative, efficient clean energy products, working to decarbonize the energy system through hydrogen recycling, green hydrogen production, and carbon utilization. "We need big, bold ideas to tackle the climate crisis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked passage of the national security supplemental, which included aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, funding for border security, and support for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program: "Republicans are playing a dangerous game with the fate of the free world. It's so reckless that they hav  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday released the following statement on release of the U.S. Coast Guard's Accountability and Transparency Review (ATR) report: "Released one week after we learned the Coast Guard spent eight years covering up additional evidence of harassment, discrimination, and assault within the o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday submitted a public comment in support 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 clarified the definition of who is "engaged in the business" of dealing in firearms as a person doing so with the intent to "predomina  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday introduced the Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults (SILO) Act, legislation to establish a grant and training program for community-based organizations working to address social isolation among older adults and adults with disabilities - two populations at greater risk for loneliness. "The COVID-19 pandemic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to seek unanimous consent to pass the Background Check Expansion Act, legislation to expand federal background checks to nearly all gun sales. Senate Republicans blocked his request. "I have lost count of the number of times I've come down to the floor of the Senate to talk about this immoral anomaly in which you are sub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after co-sponsoring the bipartisan Dignity Act to fix our nation's broken immigration system. This historic bill is the first serious bipartisan immigration solution proposed by Congress in over a decade. "On both sides of the political aisle, there is widespread agreement that the present immigration system is brok  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after the Coast Guard released a new report, requested by top Coast Guard chief Admiral Fagan, providing recommendations for internal actions to address and prevent sexual misconduct at the Coast Guard Academy and ensure cases are properly investigated.  "Admiral Fagan's release of the Accountability and Transparency Review represents a hea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement upon the completion and release of the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the House and Senate Conference Committee. The bill includes authorization for the transfer of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, the training of Australian private sector defense personnel, the integration o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reintroduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act (CARO), legislation that affirms college athletes are employees under the   more