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Manufacturing is part of our DNA in Connecticut. From the time of Sam and Elizabeth Colt—who developed a community around manufacturing and an apprenticeship program that would eventually spawn the typewriter, the automobile and ultimately the jet engine—Connecticut has been on the forefront of innovation, technology and advanced manufacturing.
From East Hartford to Barkhamsted, the First Congressional District is proud to boast some of the world's leading manufacturers that employee thousands of residents while also helping to drive our economy. While these industries are here to stay, it is crucial to our economy that they continue employing Connecticut residents.
Yankee Ingenuity and a tradition of manufacturing expertise have - for generations - positioned Connecticut as a leader in Defense Manufacturing. Thousands of Connecticut residents work on programs associated with protecting our democracy and tens of thousands more are affected by the work that occurs across our state.
Congressman Larson remains focused on working both sides of the aisle to ensure the viability of these programs, and protecting the defense and manufacturing based associated with it in Connecticut.
The scientific evidence is clear: climate change poses an existential threat. This crisis cannot wait. Rep. Larson and Congress are enacting legislation now to ensure we have healthy and safe planet. Just as importantly, investing in green energy will create good paying jobs right here in Connecticut. Rep. Larson has long been a climate champion and served on the subject’s first ever Congressional committee in 2007, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Larson helped write and pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest commitment to reducing climate change and decarbonizing our environment ever made.
Here in Connecticut, the horrific murder of twenty school children and six faculty members at Sandy Hook Elementary school is at the forefront of our minds when we discuss the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our country. Since that day in 2012, the United States has experienced a rash of mass shooting events and mourned the loss of tens-of-thousands of adults and children to gun violence on our streets.
Health care is a right not a privilege. Rep. Larson has been focused on ensuring every American has affordable healthcare. Now, with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, more real progress is being made.
Protect and Expand the Affordable Care Act
America is a proud country of immigrants. Diversity is our strength, and together we can build a strong economy and community for our families. Unfortunately, our current immigration system is broken and in need of reform. It is long past time for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that addresses issues from protecting Dreamers to the national security and humanitarian issues.
Rep. Larson is proud to support the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. This comprehensive immigration reform bill would:
Strengthening job creation is the most important part of reducing our deficit and improving our economy after the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic. In Washington, Rep. Larson has led the charge to bring and retain jobs in Connecticut.
Supporting our Nation's Veterans