Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement today on the blocking of a bipartisan compromise on enhanced criminal background checks by a minority of the U.S. Senate:
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement regarding the Senate’s vote earlier today to invoke cloture and move forward to debate gun violence prevention legislation. The Senate voted to invoke cloture by 68 to 31.
Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement on Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. Esty is an original co-sponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act in the 113th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech on gun violence prevention at the University of Hartford today.
NEW BRITAIN, CT - Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement regarding the passage and signing of comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation in Connecticut. Esty attended the bill signing ceremony in Hartford earlier this afternoon.