Press Releases

Wednesday, July 15, was a historic day for our country. For the first time, the United States joined our peer nations, sending tax relief to poor, working, and middle class families in the form of an Advanced Monthly Child Tax Credit: $250 per child, $300 for younger children, each month. Parents report buying diapers and food, paying for team uniforms, and having a little more certainty about making next month’s rent. The expanded Child Tax Credit expires after one year, but there is broad support among our colleagues to make this expansion permanent.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim, Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Alexandra Baum, Middletown Director of Economic and Community Development Joseph Samolis, Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh, and R.M. Keating tenants, ID Parcel & Mail Solutions President and CEO Jerry Fenerty, Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company Co-Owner Shane Centini, and Fidelux Lighting President Sindhu Natarajan, to celebrate the House passage of $1 million in Community Project Funding to modernize building infrastructure at R.M. Keating Historical Enterprise Park.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, New Haven Acting Police Chief Reneé Dominguez, Co-organizer of the New Haven Community Crisis Response Team Dr. Mehul Dalal, Co-organizer of the New Haven Community Crisis Response Team Carlos Sosa-Lombardo, Director of the planning phase of the New Haven Community Crisis Response Team Dr. Michael Rowe, and Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Medical Director Dr. Charles Dike to celebrate funding for the New Haven Community Crisis Response Team clearing a critical hurdle in Congress. This mobile crisis team program will be integrated into New Haven’s newly proposed Department of Community Resiliency and will respond to incidents that may be best addressed by trained social services staff utilizing a suite of services and programs.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the Biden Administration's actions to prevent evictions, calls for the use of all available resources to extend the eviction moratorium.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the approval of a stay of deportation for Nelson Pinos.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) this week led the passage of H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th, a funding bill that supports the United States Capitol Police with funding, overtime pay, equipment, and support services.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) led the passage of H.R. 4502, a package of seven government funding bills that level the playing field. Instead of benefitting the most fortunate and influential, these transformative investments give the middle class a shot and help working families, small businesses, children and adults with disabilities, and the vulnerable.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s announcement that, effective September 28, 2021, it will rescind the joint employer rule and maintain workers’ rights to the minimum wage and overtime compensation protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.