WASHINGTON –House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) released the following statement today after Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives John Sullivan announced his retirement:
“For a quarter century, John Sullivan helped Members navigate the rules of the House and the Constitution in a way that not only honored the institution but earned him the respect of Members and staff alike.
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra held a press avail after the Democratic Caucus meeting today on the need for Congress to act on the long delayed transportation bill to help improve the economy both today and for generations to come. You can watch the avail and read the transcript below:
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra held a press avail after the Democratic Caucus meeting today on the need for Congress to pass an extension of middle class tax relief and unemployment insurance to help the millions of Americans struggling today. Below is the transcript and video:
WASHINGTON –House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) applauded President Obama’s decision to address concerns raised by the religious community in the new contraception rule being enacted by the Department of Health and Human Services:
“As a strong supporter of healthcare reform and the plan to provide free preventative care - including contraception - to all Americans, I want to applaud President Obama for finding a path forward to provide coverage to everyone while addressing the conscience concerns of religiously-affiliated organizations.
We are closer than ever to reforming our nation's broken health insurance system with a plan that puts Americans back in control of their health care choices, holds insurance companies accountable, and makes coverage more affordable.
Democratic Members took to the floor today, explaining how our health care reform will improve the lives of the American people.
As soon as health care passes, the American people will see immediate benefits. The legislation will:
Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans;
Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool;
Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans;
Lower seniors prescription drug prices by beginning to close the donut hole;
Offer tax credits to small businesses to purchase coverage;
Eliminate lifetime limits and restrictive annual limits on benefits in all plans;
Require plans to cover an enrollee’s dependent children until age 26;
Require new plans to cover preventive services and immunizations without cost-sharing;
Ensure consumers have access to an effective internal and external appeals process to appeal new insurance plan decisions;
Require premium rebates to enrollees from insurers with high administrative expenditures and require public disclosure of the percent of premiums applied to overhead costs.
Americans have waited for meaningful health care reform for more than six decades. Today, House Democrats are closer than ever to reforming our nation’s broken health insurance system with a plan that puts Americans back in control of their health care choices, holds insurance companies accountable, and makes coverage more affordable.
“At this moment in time, we have the opportunity, on behalf of the American people, to accomplish what Roosevelt, Nixon, Truman and Clinton wanted to do,” Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson noted.
On this day, in 1933, President Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat in the face an economic crisis of massive proportion. Here’s a bit of what he said:
I’m proud of the work we’ve done in Congress, passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which reversed a misguided Supreme Court decision that limited women – or anyone else – from having their day in court after being a victim of pay discrimination. But Congress still has work to do to help women achieve equality.
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA) held a press avail before the Democratic Caucus meeting today on the need for Republicans in Congress to put aside partisan interests and address jobs and a full extension of unemployment insurance and the middle class payroll tax cut before Congress:
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) released the following statement today on the December jobs numbers:
“Today’s economic news, while certainly welcome and encouraging, further underscores the need for Congress to do more to help the 14 million Americans who are out of work.
WASHINGTON – Last week, the New York Times highlighted a rare, mysterious neurological disorder called Prosopagnosia – otherwise known as face blindness. House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) thinks that the Times story may have stumbled on the reason Congressional Republicans have been so blind to the needs of middle-class and unemployed Americans:
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) released the following statement on the strategic review released by the Department of Defense today:
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) released the following statement on President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
“President Obama made the right choice in appointing Richard Cordray to head the CFPB over Republican objections today. American families and our economy finally have a tough watchdog in place looking out for our best interests just as we intended with Wall Street Reform.
Washington, D.C. — House Democratic Caucus Chairman John B. Larson (CT) today called on House Republicans to return to work immediately after the holidays to pass the bipartisan Senate bill that will prevent a tax increase on 160 million Americans on New Year’s Day:
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force co-chairs Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement in response to House Republican opposition to H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011:
