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Congressman John Larson was joined by supporters of his Consumer Oil Price Protection Act to show momentum for legislation that would take speculators out of the unregulated oil futures markets.
Congressman Larson brings Congressman Robert (Bobby) Scott (VA-03), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, to Hartford for a talk about youth violence.
Congressman Larson meets with deckhands from Sierra Leone, Africa, Fredrica Gray, Board of Trustees of Amistad America, and William Kraus, Board Member of Amistad America, as part of Amistad America’s Atlantic Freedom Tour
Congressman Larson speaks at the 22nd Annual State Capitol Martin Luther King Jr Ceremony.
Congressman Larson presents local resident Tom Guzzo with a signed copy of legislation that he worked tireleslly to get enacted. The legislation guarantees that all U.S. Veterans are provided with a veteran's headstone and military marker.
Congressman Larson discusses Congress' Economic Stimulus Legislation with Windsor residents at the Bart's Drive-in.
Congressman Larson presents a federal grant to Our Piece of the Pie, a local organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people.
Congressman Larson receives the Legislator of the Year Award from the National Volunteer Fire Council for his work on behalf of volunteer firefighters across the country.
Congressman John Larson
of Connecticut, Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, delivered the
Democratic Radio Address this morning. In his address, Congressman Larson
discusses energy legislation the New Direction Congress will bring forward to
combat rising energy and gas prices and to ensure our energy independence.
Larson explains, “for eight years, two oilmen in the White House have crafted
this country’s energy policy…Barack Obama summed up our sentiment on this
Bush-McCain policy, in one word: enough!”
Connecticut Post - Pratt in competition for contract
PETER URBAN
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will reopen bidding on a disputed Air Force
contract that had likely shut out Connecticut's Pratt & Whitney
from providing engines to nearly 600 aerial-tankers over the next 30
years....
After
a holiday recess in which most members of Congress mixed with their
constituents back home, they returned with new eagerness to get
something done about the spiking oil market that has driven gas prices
to unprecedented heights...
Speaker Pelosi and House Democratic Leadership held a news conference
this morning to discuss the agenda of the "new direction congress," as
they call it.
WASHINGTON - The House
overwhelmingly approved a $290 billion farm bill Wednesday that offers
more subsidies to farmers as well as a renewed commitment to food
stamps and emergency food assistance programs.
Location: East Hartford Town Hall, Council Chambers, 740 Main Street, East Hartford, CT
Poll after
poll shows that energy will be the most important issue on voters' minds this
election. The American people want
congress to tackle the rising cost of gas and oil and they want long term
solutions to our looming energy crisis.
Congressman Larson will lay out the debate that occurred on this
important issue in Washington. He will talk about the policies that came to
the floor including oil speculation, increasing domestic production and
releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He will take questions and also talk about
where the debate goes from here and what progress is likely to be made when
Congress returns to Washington
in September. All members of the public are invited to
attend.
For more information
please call Congressman Larson's Hartford
office at (860) 278-8888.