WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced legislation to protect the rights of Americans in nursing homes. The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act prohibits long-term care facilities from requiring or soliciting residents to enter into pre-dispute, mandatory, binding arbitration agreements. "Too many of our nation's most vulnerable individuals--especial  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) led the introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand affordable healthcare options for members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard. The Servicemember Healthcare Freedom Act allows members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard who are also employed by the federal   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Following sustained efforts from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the U.S. Air Force announced that the Montana Air National Guard Base (MANG) in Great Falls will officially be the first of four selected military bases to receive delivery of new C-130J aircraft. Tester applied pressure on Air Force leadership resulting in MANG being selected for delivery ahead of the Connecticut, Minnesota, and Illinois Air National   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Rep. Joe Courtney penned a new piece in CQ Roll Call on the Republican Study Committee's plan to tax employer sponsored health insurance. Doing so could raise taxes for up to 150 million Americans and steer Americans out of high-quality health plans and into unregulated plans with no consumer protections. This is not the first time this harmful idea has reared its head - and it is not the   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) commended UConn Basketball on the House floor, after the UConn Men's Basketball team beat Purdue to win their sixth national championship. After last night's win, UConn has become the only school in the country to have both the Men's and Women's basketball teams win back-to-back national titles. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here. "I rise with an enormous se  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) finalized 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 "predominately earn a p  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday held a hearing on President Biden's Fiscal Year 2025 funding request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In his remarks, Murphy called out Senate Republicans for their role in prolonging the crisis at the southern border and cri  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke at a U.S. Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In his questions to USAID Administrator Samantha Power, Murphy highlighted the challenges facing aid organizations in Gaza and discussed th  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-WI) announced that they are examining troubling whistleblower allegations regarding the safety of Boeing's aircraft. The whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, an engineer at Boeing, is set to testify before the Subcommittee at a hearing next week regarding Boeing's broken safety culture. "T  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Last night, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, voted to pass the A Stronger Workforce for America Act which makes critical improvements to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The bill passed the House by 376-26. WIOA is the federal program that funds the Eastern Workforce Investment Board (EWIB) and its successful Manufact  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted to pass S.2051,the Missing Children's Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023. The House companion bill, H.R. 5224, was authored by Courtney, a senior member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, andEarly Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL). This bipartisan legislation, which passed the House tonight 406  more