Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced legislation that would ensure the United States finally joins virtually every other major country on Earth in guaranteeing paid sick leave to its workers. 

Sanders and DeLauro were joined on the legislation by 29 Senators and by 138 House members.

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the U.S.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted in support of funding legislation to reopen the government following a partial lapse in funding that caused a shutdown over the weekend:

“The funding bill passed today ensures that essential agencies can resume operations in service to the American people: the Departments of Defense, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development will all be fully funded through the end of September.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro reiterated her calls for Secretary Kristi Noem to be removed as head of Homeland Security, backing impeachment to remove her if she refuses to step down.  

NEW HAVEN —Today, US Representative Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement regarding news that Israeli forces are demolishing the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem: 

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted against the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. The legislation funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a lawless agency that has terrorized our communities with fatal consequences. 

“ICE, under the leadership of Secretary Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller, has shown itself to be lawless – with fatal consequences for Renee Nicole Good and others in ICE custody. This agency must be reined in. 

WASHINGTON —Today, US Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party released the following joint statement celebrating passage of additional funding and directed authorities for the Trade Fraud Prevention Task Force: 

WASHINGTON —Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement criticizing President Trump’s claim that the United States-Mexico-Canda trade agreement (USMCA) is “irrelevant”:

“I led 104 Democratic members of Congress in urging renegotiation of USMCA because it is failing American workers. President Trump’s claims that it is ‘irrelevant’ show that he remains in the pockets of big business which is happy with the status quo.