Press Releases

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) applauded $1,224,000 in U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for housing authorities in Hartford, Norwalk, and New Haven.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding a package of program cuts proposed by House Republicans that would gut social safety net programs and further increase poverty.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced more than $1 million in new Health Center Substance Abuse Service Expansion Awards, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Alma Adams (NC-12) led a group of 129 Members of the House of Representatives in calling on House leadership to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which lifts millions of Americans out of poverty.

U.S Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Joe Courtney (CT-02), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), today urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf to exercise his legal authority to investigate and take action against products that falsely claim to contain maple syrup.

Today Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) visited Fair Haven School in New Haven to celebrate National School Breakfast Week and eat breakfast with students in the free breakfast program.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the White House’s new initiatives on diaper access. Last year, DeLauro introduced the Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act, which would help states provide diapers to low-income and working families.

Today Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) testified at a Labor & Public Employees Committee hearing on paid family and medical leave. DeLauro has sponsored the FAMILY Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would give all American employees up to twelve weeks of paid family and medical leave.