Press Releases
December 16, 2019
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 securing $25 million in gun violence prevention research funding in this year’s Labor-HHS-Education funding bill.
Issues:Gun Violence
December 16, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a detailed letter to the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia outlining their objections to DOL’s proposed tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
December 13, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement ahead of the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Issues:Gun Violence
December 12, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on the White House’s so-called “Paid Leave” summit.
December 11, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today introduced the Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2019, which would grant new authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate corporate livestock feedlots and confinement operations implicated in foodborne illness outbreaks.
December 10, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) held a Member Forum with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NAASP) to hear from those who are facing the youth vaping epidemic directly: students and principals. A full video of her testimony can be found here, and below are her opening remarks as delivered:
December 10, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) testified at the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health’s hearing on "Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage" to promote Medicare for America, legislation introduced by herself and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) to ensure universal, affordable, high-quality healthcare coverage.
Issues:Health Care
December 10, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee introduced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
December 10, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) testified at the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "Examining the Need for Comprehensive National Paid Family and Medical Leave" to discuss the FAMILY ACT, her legislation that would create a universal, gender-neutral, national paid family and medical leave program.
December 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) led 100 House Democrats in introducing the Protect SNAP Act, legislation to prevent the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from implementing stricter work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
