Press Releases
With A Number of Issues Awaiting Action, Delegation Again Calls on Leadership to Keep House in Session
WASHINGTON, DC – The entire Connecticut House Delegation released the following statement today as Speaker John Boehner attempts to push through a lawsuit against President Barack Obama in the final days before the August District Work Period:
SWEET Act Would Discourage Excessive Sugar in Beverages
Washington D.C. -- Representative Rosa DeLauro with Rep. Jim Moran and Rep. Adam Kinzinger introduced legislation to re-impose and expand sanctions against Rosoboronexport, Russia’s largest arms exporter, prohibiting the direct or indirect use of government funds to enter into contracts or agreements with the Russian company.
Bill Would Curb the Number of Contracts Going To Inverted Corporations
NEW HAVEN, CT—Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senator Richard Blumenthal today joined New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and a number of patient advocates and doctors to highlight the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today voted against legislation that would reduce or eliminate the Child Tax Credit (CTC) for millions of working parents. Shortly before the vote she spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives; those remarks are below and a video can be viewed here.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) issued the following statement today on Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan to dismantle the social safety net. DeLauro is the Senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
WASHINGTON, DC—This week the House of Representatives sent a clear, bipartisan message that America’s children are not for sale by passing a number of bills dealing with child trafficking. However, not a single one of those bills deals with the people who buy children for sex. And during a recent nationwide operation targeting sex trafficking, no buyers of underage children were arrested.
Attends White House Ceremony as President Obama Signs Bill Modernizing Workforce Investment
Legislation would protect hourly workers from scheduling abuses; both businesses and employees benefit from schedule predictability