Press Releases
Tells Them to Just Get Over It
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the 41st vote to undermine the Affordable Care Act. The bill before the House of Representatives today, H.R. 2775, would prevent millions of Americans from getting the tax credits they need to buy insurance on the health care marketplaces.
(Hartford, CT) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) announced today a $32,300 federal Fire Prevention and Safety Grant for the Orange Volunteer Fire Association to purchase and install life-saving carbon monoxide detectors.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for assurances that American consumers will not be at risk in the wake of the Agriculture Department's decision to allow processed poultry products to be exported from China to the United States. As the former Chairwoman and current senior member of the subcommittee responsible for funding USDA, DeLauro has long fought to ensure unsafe poultry from China does not enter the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement applauding the decision in American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture. DeLauro is a longtime advocate for ensuring Americans have all the information they need to make informed purchases. She is the former Chairwoman, and currently a senior member, of the subcommittee responsible for funding the Agriculture Department.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the end of operations at the Wallingford postal processing facility by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)'s decision to allow Shuanghui International's purchase of Smithfield Foods to proceed. DeLauro is a longtime advocate for ensuring America's food supply is safe and affordable for consumers and a former chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding the Agriculture Department.
New USDA Report Shows Problem Is Not Dissipating
(Hartford, CT) – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and announced today the award of a $10 million federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to the Connecticut Department of Transportation to construct a second platform at New Haven's State Street Station, a key expansion to facilitate trains for the planned New Haven-Hartford-Springfield rail line.
NEW HAVEN, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) today raised her strong objections to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s move to grant China's poultry processing plants standards of food safety equivalency to those in the United States. As the former Chairwoman and current senior member of the subcommittee responsible for funding USDA, DeLauro has long fought to ensure trade does not trump public health and that unsafe poultry products from China do not enter the United States.