Jahana Hayes: “Veterans' affairs are extremely important to both me and my constituents, and I appreciate the opportunity to be able to…”

I am pleased to see the U.S. Small Business Administration approve federal assistance for parts of the Fifth District and our state.

We will not take away opportunity for so many children. We will not eliminate Pell grants and all the programs that help people from low-income communities to go to college.

The people who can afford it don’t apply for these programs, the people who can afford it don’t need student loans, the people who come from communities like mine and just want to go back and serve those communities are the ones who are…

I am pleased that federal funding will help make this a reality for more veterans and military families by expanding the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery.