Press Releases
January 11, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement following news that the Tornillo, Texas facility housing unaccompanied children has transferred all migrant children as of today.
Issues:Housing
January 8, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of February.
January 8, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding President’s Trump’s speech on the ongoing government shutdown.
January 8, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led a letter, cosigned by 128 House Democrats, to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Purdue demanding specifics on how the Department will address impending benefit reductions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) caused by President Trump’s government shutdown.
December 20, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today introduced the Protect SNAP Act, which would prevent the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing stricter work requirement under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
December 19, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) today introduced the Medicare for America Act, a new healthcare bill that would ensure universal, high-quality, affordable health coverage by making Medicare accessible to all Americans and expanding the program’s covered benefits and services.
Issues:Health Care
December 19, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will reverse course and cease fingerprinting all household members of sponsors who have come forward to take care of unaccompanied children.
December 18, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration’s Federal Commission on School Safety released its final report.
Issues:EducationGun Violence
December 18, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) today sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Bryan Jarrett calling for a comprehensive DOL strategy to enforce child labor laws.
December 15, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after a federal judge in Texas ruled the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Issues:Health Care
