Press Releases
December 20, 2021
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.
December 19, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the negotiations to pass the Build Back Better Act.
December 17, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement celebrating the U.S. Department of Labor’s award of more than $8 million in contract investments to four national Industry Intermediaries to expand the use of Registered Apprenticeship in sectors affected by the pandemic.
December 15, 2021
Today, the day Child Tax Credit payments hit bank accounts for more than 35 million families, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) rallied her colleagues in support of the expanded and improved Child Tax Credit and urged the Senate to pass the Build Back Better Act so that these checks continue to go to hardworking families.
December 7, 2021
Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that makes key investments to improve the lives of servicemembers and military families, while also strengthening our national security.
December 3, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on State Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s exemplary career and commitment to servicing the people of Connecticut.
December 1, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement on the United States Supreme Court’s consideration of Mississippi’s near ban on abortions.
December 1, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the retirement of House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (OR-04).
November 30, 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), a 35-year ovarian cancer survivor, celebrated the passage of her legislation to reauthorize Johanna’s Law, a national education campaign led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to increase the awareness about the symptoms, risk factors, and prevention of gynecologic cancers such as ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers, as a part of the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act. As Chair of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, DeLauro has ensured continued funding for Johanna’s Law, $29 million over the last three years, despite its authorization expiring in October 2014.
November 19, 2021
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today reintroduced the Flu Vaccine Act, legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal influenza vaccine or prevention that protects against multiple strains of the flu virus and offers longer-lasting protection. The legislation calls for a total investment of $1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for this research. Senator Markey and his colleagues were able to secure $540 million in appropriations over the past three years for universal flu vaccine research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases within NIH, including $200 million in fiscal year 2020.