WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) released a statement in response to a report that the U.S. Army would cancel its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. "We are extremely disappointed that t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Reps. John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) along with Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy released a statement in response to a report that the U.S. Army would cancel its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. "We are extremely disappointed that the Army has decided to walk away from the FARA program. We hav  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following statement after returning from El Paso, Texas on Friday with eight Members of Congress, led by Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, to see Paso de Norte Bridge, El Paso Sector Enhanced Holding Facility, and Annunciation House. "Last week, I traveled to El Paso, Texas with a group of eight colleagues from the U.S. House of Representatives to visit the U.S.-Mexico B  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WATERBURY - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) recently announced the expansion of her signature 'Casework on Your Corner' program into Farmington Valley. The Farmington Senior Center will host the Office of Congresswoman Hayes for monthly Casework on Your Corner office hours. The first event in Farmington will be held Wednesday, February 14, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Caseworkers will be on-site to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Tonight, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement following the vote on the emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel:  "Today, the House of Representatives failed to pass a supplemental aid package for Israel. This legislation provides $17.6 billion for the U.S. Departments of State and Defense to respond to attacks on Israel. This legislation,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: WATCH: Congresswoman Hayes Remarks on Teacher Debt Relief Act WASHINGTON - Vice Ranking Member Jahana Hayes introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act, in conjunction with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The legislation makes a technical correction to ensure teachers with five years of classroom service can qualify for both the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness (SSLF) program and the Public Service Loan Forg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, in the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) praised UConn School of Pharmacy's cutting-edge research in advancing prescription drug production and called on Congress to fund their work. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here. "In last year's spending bill, we authorized the FDA to designate five higher education institutions as national centers for excellence in advanced  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after bipartisan Senate negotiators, led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), released a national security supplemental bill:  "I commend Senator Murphy for his efforts to reach a bipartisan agreement that addresses our nation's border security and expands legal pathways for immigration," said Larson. "He has worked in good faith for months with Sen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) opposed H.R. 7217, Republican legislation that fails to provide humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza or support for Ukraine and Taiwan.  "Speaker Johnson's legislation is a partisan effort to undermine the national security bill negotiated under the leadership of Sen. Chris Murphy," said Larson. "Instead of taking serious steps to support our ally Israel, House Republican  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on the State of Connecticut's new social connection campaign. "People are more isolated from each other than ever before, and policymakers cannot continue to ignore the epidemic of loneliness. For over a year, I've been leading a conversation in Congress about how to tackle this crisis, and I'm excited to see Connecticu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: HARTFORD-U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that LambdaVision, based in Farmington, was named "Innovator of the Month." LambdaVision is a biotechnology company developing the first protein-based artificial retina to help restore vision to those who are blind due to retinal degenerative diseases. LambdaVision has secured over $10 million to date in funding, including NASA funding to conduc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- 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, on Wednesday joined 18 of his Senate colleagues in co-sponsoring an amendment to require that the weapons received by any country under the proposed national security supplemental are used in accordance with existing U.S. law, international hum  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on Republicans blocking the national security supplemental. "We delivered a bipartisan bill to fix the border with the Republican senator appointed by the Republican caucus to cut the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday released the following statement on text of the national security supplemental bill: "After months of negotiations, we have reached a landmark bipartisan agreement to better manage the border and fix our broken asylu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- 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 consideration of the bipartisan national security supplemental: "Senate Republicans are now just as dysfunctional as House Republicans. I spent four months in good-faith negotiations with Senator Lankford and Senator Sinema because Republicans demanded aid to Ukraine be tied to one of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. In his questions to Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato and Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Chris Boerner, Murphy pressed the executives on why the prices of lifesaving medications are so high for Americans as pharmaceutical compa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- 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, and U.S. Representative Alma Adams (D-N.C.-12), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to promote gender equity in college and K-12 sports. The Fair Play for Women Act would promote fairness and equity in par  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), released today a statement in response to a report that the U.S. Army would cancel its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. "We are extremely disappointed that the Army ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- 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 nomination of Dr. Dafna Rand to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. "I want to draw your attention to Egypt because this committee has been in a pretty regular fight, dispute, argument with the administration over the question of aid released to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday delivered the following remarks following the release of the national security supplemental bill: "First of all, let me say how grateful I am to the work that Senator Schumer and Senator Murray have put into this bre  more