Press Releases
March 12, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after a child in Stratford tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
March 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC —(March 12, 2020) Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker announced the indefinite closure of all New Haven Public Schools and senior centers.
March 11, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following statement after House Democrats introduced the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a new stimulus package to combat the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 11, 2020
Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) joined Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) in introducing the Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act, new legislation to combat the economic impacts of the coronavirus by:
March 10, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, held a hearing with officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including Director Dr. Robert Redfield, on the President’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2021.
March 10, 2020
A video of the hearing can be found here.
March 9, 2020
Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to take action to ensure American families have food security during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
March 6, 2020
Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Katie Porter (CA-45), and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig raising concerns about the affordability and accessibility of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing and services for all Americans, regardless of their health insurance.
March 6, 2020
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, introduced new, emergency paid sick leave legislation, building off the Healthy Families Act (HFA), to provide paid sick days immediately to workers in light of the coronavirus crisis, and in preparation for future public health emergencies.