Press Releases

Government Should Work for Small Farms in CT and elsewhere

By Rosa DeLauro | Congresswoman for Connecticut’s Third District 

When I was growing up, my mother always told me two things: never give up, and never take no for an answer.

Today, Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation urged farmers in Connecticut to report losses from extreme weathers events in 2023 and 2024 to the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg).

Today, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) urged the Biden Administration’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize a ban on the carcinogenic food dye FD&C No. 3, known as Red 3, in the use of foods:

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a statement celebrating President Biden signing H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, into law:

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a statement marking four years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol: 

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted in support of a bipartisan continuing resolution to keep government programs and services functioning until March 14, 2025. This package also includes supplemental relief funds necessary to help communities across the country recover from recent natural disasters.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that she created and secured funding in the government funding and disaster assistance package for a Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant Program for small and medium-sized farmers.

Earlier today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to congressional leadership raising concerns that Elon Musk may have upended the government funding process to remove a provision that would regulate U.S. investments in China.