Press Releases
Raises Questions about Gender Balance in Pre-Clinical Trials, Drugs to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
WASHINGTON, DC—At today’s Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing senior Democrat Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) urged her fellow subcommittee members to more quickly restore funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement on her decision not to attend today’s speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
“I have decided not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of the United States Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the news Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski will not seek re-election for another term. DeLauro and Mikulski have introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act together in each of the last eight congresses.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) tonight voted for a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for one week.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today called on Republicans who control the House of Representatives to bring up a clean bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the rest of the fiscal year.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) wrote to Secretary Tom Vilsack at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to urge him to help reduce the public health threat posed by Salmonella by declaring the four most virulent strains of antibiotic resistant (ABR) Salmonella as ‘adulterants’.
WASHINGTON, DC—Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro and John Larson announced today that Community Renewal Team, Inc. (CRT) has received a $50,813 grant to support senior volunteer activities from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) will vote today against damaging Republican legislation that would inflict the most harm on those who can least afford it: low-income children. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Education. DeLauro spoke against the bill Wednesday on the floor of the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), at today’s Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, called for more support for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Administration for Community Living.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today commended United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell for supporting a single food safety agency. DeLauro made her comments during meetings of the appropriations subcommittees responsible for funding the aforementioned departments.