Press Releases

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), the author of the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R.7), released the following statement on the $24 million equal pay settlement reached between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT).

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), and Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today introduced the Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2022, legislation to honor the life of civil rights pioneer, Judge Constance Baker Motley, by posthumously awarding her with a Congressional Gold Medal.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement applauding the U.S. Department of Education (Department) for approving $415 million in borrower defense claims for more than 15,000 borrowers

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) joined Joseph A. Foran High School Principal Max Berkowitz, Gateway Community College Professor and Director of Information Technology Professor Lawrence Salay, Milford Mayor Ben Blake, and high school students to celebrate the winners of Connecticut’s Third Congressional District’s Congressional App Challenge, Leighla-Marie Dantes and Violet Wilson.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the settlement reached between the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and gun manufacturer Remington Arms.

United States Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today introduced the Schedules That Work Act in the House and the Senate. This legislation would help ensure that employees have more certainty about their work schedules and income, an issue that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses unstable, unpredictable, and rigid scheduling practices like placing workers “on-call” with no guarantee of work hours, scheduling them for “split shifts” of non-consecutive hours, sending workers home early without pay when demand is low, and punishing workers who request schedule changes.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on a provision included in her bill, the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act, that will prevent funding shortfalls in the Columbia class submarine program.