Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement, today, regarding Vice-President Biden’s announcement of significant progress on 21 of 23 executive actions that were unveiled in the President’s plan to reduce gun violence on January 16.
(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) and Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra, today announced that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is awarding a grant of $30,000 to support the HealingNewtown Arts Space in Newtown, Connecticut.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, H.R 1960. The amendment would provide incentives to defense contractors to make donations to the rebuilding of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement today on the six month anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown.
Hartford, CT - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) announced today a $965,000 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant for the City of New Britain to purchase a new 95-foot ladder tower fire truck.
NEW BRITAIN, CT – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement regarding news that the Newtown public school system will receive a School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant of $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) have introduced new federal legislation that would authorize federal funds to assist with the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.