Press Releases

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the retirement of Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05).

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the Baby’s First Years study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences that suggests direct cash payments like the expanded and improved monthly Child Tax Credit have a positive impact on babies’ brain activity.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced $63 million in federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to complete the New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Project. This funding will be used to deepen the federal navigation channel within the New Haven Harbor, maneuvering area, and turning basin to allow larger vessels to efficiently access the Port of New Haven’s terminals. At the channel’s current depth, to reach the terminals, larger ships must lighten their weight outside the breakwaters and often experience delays while waiting for favorable tide conditions.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced $160.3 million in Hurricane Ida federal relief funds for the New Haven County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project (also called Fairfield and New Haven Counties [Flooding], CT). This funding will be used to build flood enhancements to protect Long Wharf and nearby areas and assets, like Union Station, from flooding. I-95 would be used as the primary berm protecting New Haven, and flood mitigation features would be added to the underpasses to prevent water intrusion.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced that Connecticut will receive nearly $112.3 million in new funding this fiscal year, part of $561.5 million in federal funding for Connecticut over the next five years from formula funding for bridges under in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Security of the Capitol Campus since the Attack of January 6, 2021.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement one year after the January 6th assault on the United States Capitol.

United States Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Victoria Spartz (R-IN-05) today introduced the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act (NCCDA) to establish a review process that would protect the United States supply chain from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. This legislation would create a whole-of-government screening process for outbound investments and the offshoring of critical capacities and supply chains to ensure that the United States can quickly detect supply chain vulnerabilities.