Congressman John Larson to Speak at New England Council Roundtable Breakfast.New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Council
Event: New England Council Roundtable Breakfast
Featuring
Congressman John Larson
Date: Monday, July 9, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Venue: Hampshire House
84 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
John Larson John B. Larson (born July 22 1948), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing Connecticut's At-large congressional district (map). began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1999, and is presently in his fifth term serving Connecticut's First Congressional District Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes . In February 2006, Larson was selected by his colleagues to serve as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus. He was re-elected to this position in November 2006, making him the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House. In 2005, Larson was named to the Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee. He serves on the Subcommittee on Trade and the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures. Larson also serves on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. He formerly served on the Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
Editors/Reporters Contact: Susan Asci, VP, Communications, New England Council, 617-723-4009 x27. |
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