Press Releases
New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa L.DeLauro (CT-3) announced a grant from the Department of Housing andUrban Development to Columbus House, a non-profit based in New Haventhat provides meals, housing, support programs, and job trainingservices to the local homeless and disadvantaged population.
The grant is part of the Continuum ofCare Homeless Assistance awards, which provides funding for assistanceprograms for homeless persons including transitional and permanenthousing, and supportive services.
Proposed changes will help to address growing childhood obesity epidemic
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the new guidelines on marketing healthier food to children proposed by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children today.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement in reaction to the passage by the House of Representatives of Rep. Paul Ryan's spending bill for FY2012.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, along with 40 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Obama today asking him to not to seek advice on corporate tax reform from the heads of multinational corporations that pursue strategies to avoid U.S. taxes.
Miller, DeLauro Condemn GOP Attacks on Pell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of students in every Congressional district will use a Pell Grant to help pay for college in the upcoming school year, according to new data released today. Under the Democratic majority, the Pell Grant increased to its highest level ever. Beginning in 2014, the grant will keep up with rising costs-of-living being indexed to the Consumer Price Index. In U.S. Rep. George Miller’s (D-CA) district, 17,197 are expected to receive a Pell Grant in the 2011-2012 school year.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to express her concern about the approval process for medical devices.
Paycheck Fairness Act strengthens federal pay equity laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In honor of Equal Pay Day, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to strengthen federal pay equity laws and ensure equal pay for equal work. Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced the bill in the House of Representatives. Equal Pay Day is the day that represents how far into 2011 women have to work to earn what men earned in 2010.
April 12 is national Equal Pay Day
New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) was joined by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, Teresa Younger, Executive Director of the CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, and representatives from women’s organizations from across Connecticut today as they issued a call for action on pay equity.
New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in response to today's announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation released to the State of Connecticut $40 million in funds allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line.
H.R. 910 will weaken this law, eliminating EPA's tools to address pollution
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in response to the passage of H.R. 910, which will limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the American public from carbon pollution.