Connecticut lawmakers will campaign, hold local events and maybe even take a vacation during the break, which congressional leaders like to call four “district work weeks.”
Meanwhile President Obama will hold a summit with African leaders at the White House and is expected to sign a sweeping Department of Veterans Affairs bill into law.
Monday. Aug. 4:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, will introduce a bill at the site of a Sikorsky subcontractor, Spectrum Associates, Inc. in Milford, that would re-impose and expanding sanctions on Russia’s state-owned arms dealer, Rosoboronexport. The Russian company is producing helicopters for the Pentagon to give to the Afghan military. Sikorsky wants the business.
Also on Monday, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, will award a host of service medals to Marty Schames, a World War II veteran of the United States Army Air Corps. The ceremony will take place at the Noank Veteran’s Memorial
Wednesday, Aug. 6:
Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, is hosting two Medicare information sessions with the National Committee to Preserve and Protect Social Security and Medicare for seniors in Cheshire and Meriden.
Thursday, Aug. 7:
In a rare hearing during a congressional break, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on “Combating the Ebola Threat” with Tom Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, as a key witness.