WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * "To Russia with Love:" Larson Questions Trump Trade Official on Pro-Russia Policies Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) questioned U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer about the Trump Administration's decision to exempt Russia (link is external) from the new slew of tariffs on imports from more than 100 trading partners. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here. (link is   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Monopoly of Meat-Packing Industry & Promote Opportunity for Local Ranchers [Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in introducing bipartisan legislation to lower skyrocketing grocery bills, particularly for meat  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Advance Brain Cancer Research & Development [WASHINGTON, DC] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Bolstering Research and Innovation Now (BRAIN) Act, bipartisan legislation to advance research for brain tumors and improve brain tumor treatments and care. U.S. Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Raskin Demand Answers After Trump Coerces Big Law Firms into Submission as Part of Assault on the Rule of Law [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, are pressing the White House and six top law  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Smith Introduce Bicameral Legislative Package to Bolster Childhood Nutrition Programs [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced a pair of bicameral bills aimed at improving access to nutritious meals for children in child care settings by making critical updates to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACF  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Joins Colleagues in Letter Demanding Answers, Return of Maryland Father Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador [Hartford, CT] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 24 of his colleagues wrote to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tedd Lyons urging them to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Takano, Lawmakers Demand Collins Exempt VA Employees from Trump's "Retaliatory" Executive Order to Strip Federal Employees' Labor Rights [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and House Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-CA) are leading a group of 21 Senators and 106 Representatives in demanding Dep  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Warren & Takano to Collins: Stop Pushing Thousands of Veterans into Foreclosure [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Development Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and House Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-CA) today pressed Department of Vetera  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * DeLauro Applauds Suit Forcing Vought to Follow the Law WASHINGTON -- Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued Russell Vought and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for unlawfully hi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Votes Against Republican Plan to Decimate Medicaid Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted against Republican's budget proposal which would gut Medicaid by $880 billion and leave 80 million Americans without healthcare. "Unelected billionaire Elon Musk is targeting Medicaid, where one third of Americans get their healthcare," said DeLauro. "That is 40 percent of children, pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro, DelBene, Torres Introduce Legislation to Make Permanent the Expanded, Monthly Child Tax Credit Livestream of press conference available HERE (link is external) Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) reintroduced the American Family Act, legislation that would make permanent the expanded, monthly Child Tax Credit. Senators M  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * DeLauro, Scott, Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding for Schools Nationwide Top appropriators and authorizers press Trump's Department of Education for details about its abrupt halt of funding for state governments and school districts that adds a bureaucratic hurdle to reimbu  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Haye and Markey Announce Bill of Rights for Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced the reintroduction of the Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights, a resolution calling for dignified wages, benefits, and working conditions for paraeducators, classroom assistants, b  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Reintroduces Legislation to Expand Child Care In Community Colleges & Minority-Serving Institutions WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) introduced the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers (PROSPECT) Act to expand access to high-quality early childhood care at community colleges and Minority  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Rejects Republican Budget Proposal Which Would Dramatically Cut Essential Services for Millions of Americans WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, following the House passage (216-214) of the revised federal budget framework, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement: "Today, I voted against the Republican budget plan, a fiscally reckless and damaging effort to pass a budget  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes Votes Against Legislation to Block Americans from the Ballot Box WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement on H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which passed out of the House of Representatives, 220 to 208, on Thursday, April 10, 2025: "Today, I cast my vote against the SAVE Act, dangerous legislation that woul  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release: * * * Himes Demands Answers on Firing of NSA Leadership Washington, DC -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes wrote to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth asking for a public explanation for the removal of General Timothy Haugh as Director of the Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release: * * * Himes Statement on Firing of NSA Director General Timothy Haugh Washington, DC -- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today released the following statement regarding the firing of NSA Director General Timothy Haugh: "I am deeply disturbed by the decision to remove General Haugh as   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Himes to Vote Against Republican Plan to Gut Washington, DC -- Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement: "The Republican budget resolution is explicitly designed to maintain historically low tax rates on the wealthiest people--a cost that will be paid by gutting the Medicaid program, which serves 80 million Americans, and by adding trillions of dol  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Blumenthal Slams Trump for Assault on the Constitution, Calls Out Big Law Firms for Caving to White House's Demands [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday joined a spotlight hearing entitled, "Restoring Accountability: Exposing Attacks on the Rule of Law." The hearing--hosted by U.S  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Meta Whistleblower Confirms to Blumenthal Meta Knew of Risks Exposing Americans' Data to CCP [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams yesterday at a Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing entitled, "A Time for Truth: Oversight of   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Congratulates UConn Women's Basketball and Coach Geno Auriemma on the House Floor Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) spoke on the House floor to congratulate the UConn Women's Basketball Team and Coach Geno Auriemma on their record-setting National Championship win. You can view Rep. Larson's remarks here. (link is external) "Mr. Speaker, I rise today first and for  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Statement on Social Security Administration Backing Off Plans to Cut Phone Services Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) pared back plans (link is external) to cut phone services. "Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been coming after   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Votes Against Republican Bill Making It Harder for Citizens to Vote Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against House Republicans' SAVE Act (link is external), which would make it harder for Americans without passports, military service members, and married women to register to vote. "Free and fair access to the ballot box is the bedrock of our nation's democra  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Votes Against Trump-Republican Budget Plan That Cuts Medicaid and SNAP to Pay for Billionaire Tax Break Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against the Trump-Republican budget plan that would cut Medicaid, SNAP nutrition benefits, and other critical programs American families rely on to pay for another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent. "This pas  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Kelly Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Build and Preserve Affordable, Single-Family Homes Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced the bipartisan Neighborhood Homes Investment Act. "I am proud to join my colleague, Rep. Mike Kelly, to introduce a bipartisan solution to bring down costs and increase the supply of affordable housing," said La  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Neal Statement on Latest Trump Weaponization of Social Security Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01) released the following statement lambasting the Trump Administration's abuse of Social Security (link is external) to target lawful residents in the  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Ways and Means Democrats File Resolutions of Inquiry to Compel Answers from President Trump and Secretary Kennedy on 'DOGE' Meddling Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) joined every Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee to file Resolutions of Inquiry compelling answers from the Trump Administration on 'DOG  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Ways and Means Democrats Press Secretary Kennedy on Health and Human Services Cuts and Office Closures Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee pressed Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on the Trump Administration's decision to close half of all HHS Regional Offices, including the   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 22 Colleagues Demand Answers On Abrupt Firing Of NSA Leaders WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal ( D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 22 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump regarding the firing of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, 35 Senators Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Guarantee Union Rights For Public Workers WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 35 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation t  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Connecticut Delegation Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding For Schools Nationwide WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) joined 71 members of Congress in sending a letter   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Foreign Relations Committee Democrats To Rubio: Plan For USAID Illegal, Unconstitutional; Broader Restructuring Threatens National Security WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: There Is Thievery Happening Down The Street. They Are Stealing From The People Of This Country, And We're Not Going To Let Them Get Away With It. Click HERE (14:37) to Watch Murphy's Remarks WASHINGTON-Following House Republican's passage of the budget resolution, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy: Trump Is Dismantling Our Democracy. We Must Come Together And Act Before It's Too Late. WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm about Trump's coordinated effort to dismantle the pillars of American democracy. Murphy warned attacks on journalists, universities, lawyers, and the business community are eroding the institutions  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Stop President Trump's Back-and-Forth Trade War WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement on the bipartisan Trade Review Act (HR 2665) following President Trump's latest trade war announcement (link is external). "President Trump is perpetrating a trade war that is wreaking havoc on consumers and businesses   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney Slams GOP Budget that Favors Ultra-Wealthy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) issued the following statement after voting against the House GOP budget resolution. "Speaker Johnson and President Trump's allies in Congress just passed a ten-year tax-and-spend budget resolution. Their bill adds trillions of dollars to the national debt to allow the GOP to pay  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney, DeSaulnier Reintroduce Legislation to Institute Major Reforms to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Following Attacks from Trump Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), a senior member of the Education and Workforce Committee and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee, reintrodu  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Elon Musk and President Trump's Next Goal: Steal from Families Recovering from Recent Storms and Natural Disasters WASHINGTON -- Elon Musk and President Trump are making life harder for middle-class families by freezing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds they desperately need following flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, hurri  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following floor remarks on April 7, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. It is very important for people to understand what calls for the closure of the Department of Education would mean to local communities. The Dep  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 8, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, in this Chamber, as early as today, we may be passing legislation that is explicitly designed to maintain historically low tax rates on the Nation's wealthiest people. The richest people in America will be served by this institution so that they can pay the lowest tax amounts possible. The corporations in this country must h  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Rep. Kelly Morrison Highlights NCAA Champion and Hopkins Graduate Paige Bueckers on House Floor WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) honored NCAA national champion and Hopkins High School graduate Paige Bueckers on the House floor, congratulating Paige for leading the University of Connecticut Women's Basketball team to victory in the NCAA Champions  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS RELEASES FINAL MINORITY STAFF REPORT IN FOREIGN INFLUENCE PROBE [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), released a staff report today revealing the Subcommittee's findings in its inquiry into foreign influence in the United States. PSI began i  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Top Takeaways from Subcommittee on Elections Hearing Revisiting the 2024 Election WASHINGTON - The Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing today titled, "Revisiting the 2024 Election with Secretaries of State." Witnesses: * Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen * Louisiana Secretary of State Nanc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Video: Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at Hearing with Meta Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), today delivered an opening statement at a Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing entitled, "A Time for  more