The University of Bridgeport Fones School of Dental Hygiene has received a $645,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. These grants help schools provide scholarships for...
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced today 35 grants totaling $1.6 million to state and local government and community groups throughout Connecticut and New York to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The projects will...
This month is Hispanic Heritage Month, and I hope you will join me in celebrating the many contributions that Latinos have made to our nation. Our country was founded on the ideals of freedom, tolerance, and mutual respect. Too often we allow our...
This week, the House will consider 30 bills, ranging from veterans to health care. Legislation under consideration this week includes: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012 (H.R. 6060): extends through fiscal year 2019 the Interior...
On September 10, I joined my colleagues in passing a bill (H.R. 6336) to direct the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to place a statue depicting Frederick Douglass in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center here in Washington.To...
New study marks first steps toward relief for Pemberwick Neighborhood residents suffering from flooding
Will Help the Elderly, Disabled Continue to Live Independently At Home
With the GOP Majority having adjourned Congress a week earlier than planned, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) has taken his advocacy for deficit reduction and comprehensive tax reform on the road. At an event yesterday in Greenwich, Himes again...
Funding will be used to provide educational opportunities to veterans, dislocated, and under-employed workers
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