Press Releases
November 18, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after news reports that President Trump has backed down from his plans to ban e-cigarette flavors.
November 15, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today sent a letter to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew Albence urging ICE to grant parole to a Third District constituent’s mother, Tania Romero. The text of DeLauro’s letter is below:
November 15, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging transparency in the testing data being gathered regarding the multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to ground beef.
November 12, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit by survivors and relatives of those killed in the Sandy Hook shooting against Remington Arms to move forward.
Issues:Gun Violence
October 31, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after voting to the continue the House of Representatives’ investigation into President Trump.
October 30, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, released the following statement after the Department of Education released the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results.
Issues:Education
October 28, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (ND-AL) today released the following statements after the House of Representatives passed their bipartisan bill, the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act (H.R. 3942), by a voice vote.
October 28, 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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it has moved the Homestead shelter for unaccompanied children to “warm status” and will not be renewing its contract with Comprehensive Health Services when it expires on November 30.
October 25, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, released the following statement after the Trump administration admitted to separating at least 1,556 more families than previously known due to its “zero-tolerance” policy.
October 17, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced plans to reintroduce the Schedules That Work Act, legislation to help ensure that low-wage employees have more certainty about their work schedules and income.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy