Press Releases
July 28, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced $2,729,770 in federal funding for the Town of Stratford, CT, at the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to reduce vulnerability to coastal floods. This funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will cover 36 percent of the project’s total cost of $7,556,800 and is critical to mitigating the risk and damage of floods at WPCF.
July 27, 2020
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), released the following statement after Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield declined to appear before the Subcommittee to discuss emergency coronavirus funding needs and data reporting.
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July 24, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04) this week introduced H.R. 7743, the We Need Eviction Data Now Act of 2020, which would create a national database to standardize data and track evictions. This legislation would also establish a Federal Advisory Committee on Eviction Research to make recommendations related to eviction data collection and create policies to prevent the removal of families and individuals from their homes.
July 23, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the passing of fearless leader, civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis.
July 21, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn expressing serious concern for renewed calls from administration officials for an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat individuals with COVID-19 and demanding detailed answers on the costs, reimbursements, and unintended consequences associated with the purchase of hydroxychloroquine for the Strategic National Stockpile.
July 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), issued this statement on the passing of fearless leader, civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis:
"I am devastated and heartbroken at the passing of my colleague, friend, and civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis.
July 17, 2020
DeLauro: "And if we cannot make families feel that their kids are going to be safe and secure, in their child care setting, we are not going to get our economy on track."
July 16, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the House Appropriations Committee markup of its fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security bill. DeLauro is the Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
July 16, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Sandra Bruce calling for a review of the Department of Education’s execution of the CARES Act, federal coronavirus relief legislation aimed at protecting schools and providing them with the resources necessary to operate during a pandemic.
July 16, 2020
I was thrilled to hear about the opening of the new federally funded CT Department of Labor (CT DOL) Contact Center earlier today. Since mid-March, the Connecticut Department of Labor has received 708,000 claims for unemployment, which is roughly five years’ worth of claims, and at times there was a backlog of up to six weeks. With this unprecedented volume, and with my own office inundated with inquiries, I was happy to help provide the CTDOL with a total of $11M in federal coronavirus relief funding to help them process claims in a more timely and efficient manner. I look forward to this new service alleviating the anxiety felt by so many CT residents who were struggling to have their claims resolved.