Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today congratulated Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson on his appointment to be Under-Secretary of Intergovernmental Affairs at the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management:
WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor (DOL), today highlighted that department’s role in ensuring a strong middle-class and vibrant economy.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on this year’s version of the House Republican budget. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services.
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Enables Program that Started in Connecticut to Expand to 11 Schools Nationwide
Hartford, CT - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) today encouraged Connecticut veterans to apply for “academic boot camps” to be hosted by the Warrior-Scholar Project this summer. The program, which began at Yale University in 2012, is slated to expand to eleven schools nationwide with the support of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the heels of a report showing that, at its current pace, Connecticut will not close the wage gap until 2061. Yesterday the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee passed legislation supported by DeLauro banning pay secrecy.
NEW HAVEN, CT—In reaction to today’s Wall Street Journal Article, “Putting Police Officers Back on the Beat,” which featured the New Haven Police Department as a national example for community policing, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement:
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today hosted a briefing for business representatives from across Connecticut’s Third Congressional District on updated travel and business regulations with Cuba. Senior officials from the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments spoke about changes in those areas since President Obama’s December announcement.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the news United Technologies Corp. (UTC) is considering selling or spinning off Sikorsky. DeLauro represents Stratford, CT, where Sikorsky is based. She spoke with Sikorsky President Mick Maurer earlier this afternoon.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today joined Connecticut labor, environmental and business leaders to talk about the damage Fast Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would have on Connecticut families.
EW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) held her annual meeting today with mayors, first selectmen and town managers from across the Third Congressional District. They discussed a variety of challenges facing their cities and towns, particularly the economy, the impact of the federal budget on Connecticut’s towns and cities, and the opportunity for cities and towns to apply for federal funding.