Press Releases
Will Meet with Members of Connecticut’s Ukrainian Community On Sunday
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today announcing her support for legislation that would make Ukraine eligible for United States loan guarantees. The bill is scheduled for a vote this afternoon. On Sunday, DeLauro will meet with members of Connecticut’s Ukrainian community from noon-1:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Church on George Street in New Haven.
Highlights Need To Increase the Federal Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today welcoming President Obama to Connecticut. The President spoke on the importance of increasing the federal minimum wage, which DeLauro strongly supports.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today announcing her support for the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which is scheduled for a vote before the House of Representatives tonight. Last month DeLauro met with Connecticut homeowners who were suffering from onerous flood insurance premiums.
New Report Retroactively Tries To Justify Years of Harmful Budgets
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the political report Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan put forward yesterday. DeLauro is senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and a longtime champion for policies that help America’s working families, as well as the poor and most vulnerable in America.
Potential contract award in June supports our troops and CT workforce
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today in response to the Air Force announcement of intent to award the Combat Rescue Helicopter contract. DeLauro spoke with Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James about the contract this afternoon. The contract would support the manufacture of 112 helicopters by Sikorsky’s workers.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)--Senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education--issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2015.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today celebrating Women’s History Month:
“March is Women’s History Month, a time when we recognize women leaders and honor their many contributions. It used to be that the only women you would find in American history textbooks were First Ladies and the occasional suffragist. But now, 34 years after the first official Women’s History Month, generations of women have been written back into the American story.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding the news low-income mothers and children will now have increased access to nutritious foods under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC. The changes announced today will also better equip families to purchase foods that meet their cultural requirements. DeLauro is a former chairwoman of the subcommittee that funds the United States Department of Agriculture, which administers WIC.
First Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing Of 2014
WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), senior Democrat on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following opening statement at the subcommittee’s hearing today. The hearing focused on the future of public health emergency preparedness.
Includes Added Sugar Requirement She Has Long Advocated
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed update to nutrition labels. The labels, which have not been significantly changed in twenty years, will now identify how much added sugar is in a product, which DeLauro has long advocated for. She is the former chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding the FDA.