Press Releases

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Wallingford Mayor Bill Dickinson, Wallingford Housing Authority (WHA) Executive Director Kelly McDermott, WHA Chairman Nick Lombardi, WHA Vice Chairman Bob Wiedenmann, and the architect behind WHA’s new developments and Principal at Silver, Petrulli & Associates David Stein to celebrate the House passage of $500,000 in Community Project Funding for Wallingford Housing Authority. DeLauro toured the new housing development located at 2 Wharton Brook Drive.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Durham First Selectman Laura Francis, Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Remedial Project Manager Ed Hathaway, Owner of The Red Barn Don Mondani, Owner of LNJS Realty Leonard Rossicone, and Durham Residents Gene and Karen Brown to celebrate the House passage of $3,412,455 in Community Project Funding to expand the Durham Center Water System, the Town of Durham’s public water supply.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), the sponsor of the FAMILY Act, released the following statement endorsing Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richie Neal’s (D-MA-01) paid family and medical leave proposal.

Watching a loved one experience a mental health crisis is hard enough, but not knowing where to turn for assistance makes things even more difficult. Many fear that calling 911 and having law enforcement respond could frighten their loved one further and put more people in danger. What if it was possible to ensure a specially trained mental health professional arrived to provide help instead?

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after a broad and unprecedented coalition of consumer groups, illness victims, poultry industry leaders, academic scientists, and state regulators wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to call for a new, science-based regulatory approach to poultry food safety.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement on Texas’ near ban on abortions and the Supreme Court’s failure to prevent this dangerous law from going into effect.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced $804,033 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) for three fire departments in Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. Guilford Fire Department received $332,215 for Technical Rescue Training, East Haven Fire Department received $98,181 for Thermal Imaging Cameras, and West Haven Fire Department received $373,636 for Rapid Intervention Air Packs and Firefighter Breathing Apparatus. The award for West Haven Fire Department is a Regional Award also benefitting the Allingtown Fire District and West Shore Fire District. 

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement after the Supreme Court issued a ruling blocking the Biden Administration from enforcing the CDC’s temporary moratorium on evictions.