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.
Congressman John Larson, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, appeared on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show and gave an update on Congressional progress to pass health care reform that will lower costs and protect consumers:
In celebration of the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss, Democratic Representatives across the country went to schools in their Congressional Districts to read to students.
Congress will honor Representative John Murtha, who passed away last month, at a Memorial service today at noon. Watch Chairman Larson pay tribute to this great patriot.
Due to Republican obstructionism, legislation to provide millions of families with emergency relief has been blocked in the Senate after it passed unanimously in the House.
The Energy and Commerce Committee held health insurance company executives’ feet to the fire this week for trying to raise premiums on consumers by a whopping 39%. That’s right, California’s largest insurer wants to raise premiums by more than 1/3 – proof that we need health insurance reform now to reign in insurance abuses.
Watch as Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) grills executives about their extreme increases in premium rates.
Building on Democrats’ national security successes, today the House passed the Intelligence Authorization Bill, introduced by SilvestreReyes (TX-16). The bill will strengthen our national security capacity by increasing funding for U.S. intelligence agencies. It increases funding for critical language programs, such as those that have assisted our intelligence gathering in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and boosts programs to protect our cyber-security.
Today Democrats from the House and Senate will join President Obama in the White House to listen to and engage with our Republican colleagues’ on their ideas for health insurance reform.
Watch as Democrats and Republicans come together to discuss the urgency of reforming our health insurance system:
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:
