Press Releases
February 13, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the findings of its investigation into last fall’s E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Central Coast of California.
February 12, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement following action by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against 17 companies found to be illegally marketing dietary supplements based on unsubstantiated and misleading health claims.
February 12, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today stood with workers, business leaders, and advocates to reintroduce of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, or FAMILY Act—legislation that would create a universal, gender-neutral, national paid family and medical leave program.
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February 8, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement upon the passing of Edward Zigler, the founder of Yale’s Center in Child Development and Social Policy.
February 8, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) wrote a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging him to rescind the waiver HHS granted to South Carolina that allows for discrimination in adoption and foster care agencies.
February 6, 2019
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Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) responded to President Trump’s State of the Union speech in which he praised his NAFTA 2.0 agreement.
February 6, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today held her first hearing as Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee on the Impact of the Administration’s Policies Affecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
February 5, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s State of the Union address.
January 30, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable.
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January 28, 2019
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led a letter of 31 House Democrats calling for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to include testing for glyphosate in the annual Pesticide Data Program, USDA’s national pesticide residue monitoring program.