Press Releases

DeLauro Calls for Replenished Restaurant Revitalization Fund
June 25, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today called for Congress to replenish the Small Business Administration (SBA)’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) so all eligible applicants can receive desperately needed assistance. As a cosponsor of H.R. 3807, the RRF Replenishment Act of 2021, DeLauro is leading the fight to provide the restaurant industry with the resources it needs to recover from the devastating impacts of COVID-19.
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Chair DeLauro Statement at Subcommittee Markup of FY 2022 Legislative Branch Funding Bill
June 24, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2022 bill.
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Chair DeLauro Statement at Subcommittee Markup of FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Funding Bill
June 24, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2022 bill.
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DeLauro, Community Leaders, VITA Volunteers Recognize Child Tax Credit Awareness Day
June 21, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Milford Mayor Ben Blake, President and CEO of TEAM, Inc., David Morgan, and Director of Asset Building Programs at Connecticut Association for Human Services Takima Robinson at Margaret S. Egan Center in Milford, CT, to highlight Child Tax Credit Awareness Day and work with parents to ensure they receive the new monthly benefit.
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Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
June 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House of Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Brendan Boyle (PA-02) today led 60 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a statement of principles. The statement documents how their faith influences them as lawmakers, making clear their commitment to the basic principles at the heart of Catholic social teaching and their bearing on policy. From increasing access to high quality education and health or reducing poverty, the document expresses the signers’ commitment to the dignity of life and their belief that government has moral purpose.
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DeLauro, Himes Announce Nearly $1.3 Million YouthBuild Grant for The WorkPlace
June 11, 2021
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BRIDGEPORT, CT — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) today announced that The WorkPlace in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been awarded $1,292,935 under the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration YouthBuild program. These federal funds DeLauro and Himes helped secure will be used to help young people reach key educational and career milestones allowing them to both earn their high school diploma or equivalency degrees while learning valuable occupational skills.

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DeLauro Announces More Than $25,000 for Stratford Fire Department
June 11, 2021
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STRATFORD, CT — House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced $25,996 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) for Stratford Fire Department firefighter training. This grant is one of 27 awards nationwide from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included in Round 1 of fiscal year 2020 AFG.

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DeLauro Statement on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19
June 10, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) announcement of a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).
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DeLauro Statement on Senate Failure to Advance Paycheck Fairness Act
June 8, 2021
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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on today’s Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work.
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DeLauro Request for $20 Million for New Haven’s Downtown Crossing Included in Surface Transportation Legislation
June 7, 2021
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Announcement of Funding for Phase 4 Comes Hours After Breaking Ground on Phase 3

NEW HAVEN, CT – Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro's (D-CT-03) Member Designated Project request for $20 million to complete New Haven's Downtown Crossing is included in the INVEST American Act, a five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill.

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