Press Releases
Legislation Creates $2,000 Tax Credit for Turning inAssault Weapons
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) todayannounced new, common-sense legislation to help prevent gun violence. TheSupport Assault Firearm Elimination and Reduction for our (SAFER) Street Actcreates a tax credit to encourage the turn-in of assault weapons to state orlocal police.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) spoketoday at the West Haven Black Coalition's 27th annual tribute to the Rev.Martin Luther King Jr. The followingremarks are as prepared for delivery:
"This year will mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's"I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, one of thequintessential statements of the American creed, as vital and resonant in ourhistory as the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Current Law Has "Chilling Effect" on Current DataCompilation, Analysis
WASHINGTON, DC—Leading Democratic members of the HouseAppropriations Committee today wrote to Vice President Biden, urging him toinclude a proposal promoting increased research on firearms by the Health andHuman Services Department. Since 1997, the Center for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) has been under a chilling restriction that effectively keepsit from conducting any research or analysis related to gun violence.
WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Representative Rosa DeLauro(CT-3), and Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) announced the releaseof a new Government Accountability Office reportthey requested to examine the effects of psychotropic drugs on the long-termdevelopment and health of children in the foster care system.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) todayhonored Vietnam veteran and West Haven resident Michael Healey with the awardshe has long deserved for his wartime service. DeLauro helped ensureHealey could receive his awards today, along with overdue benefits from theVeterans Administration. Healey spent 20 months in the Army as a combatengineer, including a year in Vietnam with the 2nd Armored Division.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released thefollowing statement today on the resignation of Labor Secretary HildaSolis. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible forfunding the Department of Labor.
"Throughout her tenure at the Labor Department, SecretarySolis has done outstanding work creating not just jobs, but good jobs formillions of Americans. Her commitment to the issues facing America'sworkers, especially women, has helped people across the country improve notjust their own lives, but the lives of their children and families.
Come On Second Anniversary of Food SafetyModernization Act
WASHINGTON,DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released the following statement today on twoproposed food safety rules released by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA). The rules were required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Actof 2010, which was signed into law two years ago today.
House of Representatives Passes $9.7 Billion forFlood Insurance Program
WASHINGTON,DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement todaycalling on the House of Representatives to come together and pass aid for thevictims of Superstorm Sandy:
"Writingat the time of Katrina, Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff called theConstitution a ‘contract of citizenship' that promises, first and foremost,protection - that government will help ‘citizens to protect their families andpossessions from forces beyond their control.'
Bill extends most tax cuts for wealthy, letscrucial cut for middle class expire
WASHINGTON,DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement aftervoting against the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8):