Press Releases
August 16, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions to increase food assistance benefits through the largest increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) history.
August 11, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after the United States Senate voted to pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
August 10, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after the United States Senate voted to pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
August 6, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Branford First Selectman James Cosgrove and Branford Town Engineer John Hoefferle to celebrate the House passage of $2.25 million for the full reconstruction of East Industrial Road in Branford, from Leetes Island Road to the southbound Interstate 95 exit ramps.
August 6, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after the sudden passing of AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka.
August 6, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Sterling House Executive Director Amanda Messon, Board Chair Carl Glad, and Development Director Chris Carroll to celebrate the House passage of $1.5 million to support Sterling House Community Center facility improvements.
August 4, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2021 in their respective chambers that would update front-of-package food labeling requirements, require updates to the ingredient list on packaged foods, and apply consumer friendly labeling requirements.
August 4, 2021
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.
August 4, 2021
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.
August 3, 2021
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.