Press Releases

Chair DeLauro Applauds Department of Education Efforts to Introduce Greater Accountability and Transparency in Charter Schools Program
April 18, 2022
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today submitted a public comment letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting how the national trade organization representing for-profit charter education management organizations (EMOs) is running a well-funded misinformation campaign to shift outrage and attention away from the risky, low-quality for-profit charter schools they represent. Additionally, Chair DeLauro applauds ED for efforts to introduce greater accountability and transparency in the Charter Schools Program.
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DeLauro Floor Remarks in Support of Relief for Restaurants and Other Hard Hit Small Business
April 7, 2022
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of advancing the Relief for Restaurants and Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022.
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DeLauro Announces $1.87 Million For Public Health AmeriCorps Grants In Middletown and Waterbury
April 7, 2022
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauroannounced that Middletown's Community Health Center and Waterbury's Health360 will receive a total of $1,870,622 in Public Health AmeriCorps funding.

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Chair DeLauro Statement at the Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Approaches in K-12 Education Hearing
April 6, 2022
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House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Approaches in K-12 Education.
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DeLauro Introduces Bill to Increase Access to Scalp Cooling Therapy
April 1, 2022
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Access to Scalp Cooling Therapy Act to expand health insurance coverage to scalp cooling therapy. This legislation would require all health insurers to provide coverage for scalp cooling treatments for chemotherapy patients who suffer from alopecia.
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DeLauro, Schrier, Advocates Introduce Donor Milk Safety Act
April 1, 2022
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the Donor Milk Safety Act, legislation that will require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that donor breast milk consumed by vulnerable infants meets uniform minimum safety standards – just as the Agency does for blood, plasma, other human tissue, biological products, and infant nutrition under the FDA’s jurisdiction.
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Chair DeLauro Introduces Legislation to Secure Affordable Student Loans for Every Borrower
March 30, 2022
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Affordable Loans for Any Student Act of 2022. This comprehensive legislation streamlines existing programs and creates two simple and easy-to-understand options for borrowers to choose from to ensure affordable monthly payments, avoiding loan delinquency or default.
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DeLauro Applauds President Biden’s Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility, Safety and Security at Home and Abroad
March 28, 2022
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2023.
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DeLauro Statement on Agreement Between Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and the State of Connecticut
March 28, 2022
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Governor Lamont's announcement that the State of Connecticut has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin that may bring new helicopter lines to Sikorsky and sustain 7,000 jobs in Stratford:

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DeLauro, Local Leaders Hold Roundtable on Community Safety, Creation of City of New Haven’s Community Crisis Response Team
March 28, 2022
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) joined City of New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, Acting New Haven Police Chief Renee Dominguez, and city and community leaders to discuss how the New Haven Community Crisis Response Team, funded in part through the federal spending package, will be worked into the existing 911, non-emergency dispatch system and the human services

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