Press Releases

NEW HAVEN, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on news that Victory Kitchens is recalling chicken noodle soup that contains chicken from Thailand, which is not approved for export to the United States. The soup entered the U.S. through Canada.

NEW HAVEN, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that Mark Séjourné from Guilford is the winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition. For the next year his pastel piece, “Small Town USA,” will represent the Third Congressional District of Connecticut in the United States Capitol. Mark is a student at Guilford High School.

Bill Fails to Adequately Fund Key Needs of the Veterans Administration

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on her vote against the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (VA) Appropriations bill that the House of Representatives voted on today.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the budget agreement voted on by the House of Representatives today. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services.

WASHINGTON, DC--Representatives Rosa DeLauro, David Cicilline, Raul Grijalva, Alan Grayson, Marcy Kaptur, Barbara Lee, Stephen F. Lynch, Rick Nolan, Donald Norcross, Mark Pocan, Tim Ryan, Jan Schakowsky, Louise Slaughter, and Paul Tonko released the following statement today on the Hatch-Wyden-Ryan fast track bill and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP):

Renews Push for Increased Wages with the Raise the Wage Act

WASHINGTON, DC –Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today renewed her push for increased wages by cosponsoring the Raise the Wage Act. The bill would raise the minimum wage to $12.00 by the year 2020 and index the minimum wage to the median wage starting in 2021.

Would Protect Our Children from Unsafe Food from China

Proposal Released Over One Year Ago

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today urged Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Stephen Ostroff to finalize a rule that would ban e-cigarettes from being sold to minors. DeLauro had previously urged then-FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to finalize the rule by last Saturday, April 25, which marked one year from when it was first proposed.