Press Releases
August 24, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee and ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor Larry Turner calling for an investigation of reports of political interference and retaliation by Secretary Scalia against Regional Solicitor for San Francisco Janet Herold.
August 23, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the administration’s attacks on the FDA and the advancement of a coronavirus treatment without proper testing and approval.
August 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC — Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), and Kim Schrier, M.D., (WA-08) joined Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, and Nell Minow, Vice Chair, ValueEdge Advisors, on a press conference call to highlight the administration's continued fumbling of the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic. Emanuel and Minow highlighted the immediate need for a federal, public plan for COVID-19 vaccine production, procurement, pricing, and distribution.
August 20, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong were joined by leaders of the postal workers union and local residents today to express their grave concerns with the administration’s attempts to gut the United States Postal Service and call for a reversal of the draconian actions taken to date and protections for the USPS and its employees. They appeared at the Brewery Street Post Office to emphasize the importance of this vital service to the people of Connecticut.
August 18, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee was joined by President and CEO of Griffin Health Services Patrick Charmel today to highlight the impact of the $8.7 million in funding for hospitals in coronavirus hotspots DeLauro helped secure in the CARES Act, historic federal relief legislation. They appeared at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital to emphasize the importance of federal coronavirus relief for Connecticut’s hospitals as they recover from the lost revenue and increased costs of operating during this pandemic.
August 12, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced a total of $988,632 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants for Middletown, West Haven, and North Branford to enhance existing firefighting abilities and greater protect the people of Connecticut’s third Congressional District.
August 12, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn missed the deadline to respond to DeLauro’s demand for detailed answers on the costs, reimbursements, and unintended consequences associated with the purchase of hydroxychloroquine for the Strategic National Stockpile.
August 11, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report detailing the administration’s denial of paid sick and paid family leave to workers granted this protection in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
August 9, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s woefully inadequate executive actions to provide COVID-19 relief that falls short of protecting and providing for the American People.
August 7, 2020
Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Katie Porter (CA-45), Donna E. Shalala (FL-27), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence demanding details on the administration’s plan to develop, manufacture, produce, and distribute a coronavirus vaccine. With more than 160,000 deaths, increasing COVID-19 infection rates, and lack of clear guidance or information surrounding a plan for distributing a vaccine, the Members are calling on the administration to make public their plans to ensure all Americans have access to a vaccine that is safe and effective.