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December 4, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its final rule to restrict hundreds of thousands of Americans’ access to SNAP—America’s leading anti-hunger program.
December 4, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today introduced the Eviction Prevention Act, legislation that would help low-income people get access to legal counsel if they are being evicted.
Issues:Housing
December 2, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement for the grand opening of Borough 496, a new business incubator in Hamden.
November 27, 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 the Trump administration confirmed 135 children have been separated from their family due to its “Remain in Mexico” policy.
November 26, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement recognizing National Family Caregivers Month.
Issues:Health Care
November 25, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging them to rescind a $450,000 “non-reporting” penalty imposed on Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford. Gaylord Hospital has provided patients throughout the state of Connecticut with high-quality care for more than one hundred years.
Issues:Health Care
November 21, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue calling for an investigation into tens of millions of dollars in payments to the corrupt, Brazilian-owned meatpacker JBS.
November 20, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after United States Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
November 20, 2019
Today, the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to United States Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia regarding the Department’s acknowledgment that more than one million dollars in funding for the Apprenticeship Grants program had been inappropriately obligated. Funding for this program, which started in fiscal year 2016, has resulted in hundreds of thousands of new apprentices.
November 19, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after voting to continue funding the government through December 20, 2019.