Press Releases
February 26, 2020
A video of the hearing can be found here.
Good morning, Mr. Secretary, welcome to the Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee. This is our first hearing on the President's fiscal year 2021 Budget request.
However, I want to start with a matter of urgency: the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Cases are growing, as is alarm. This is both domestically and internationally.
Issues:Budget
February 25, 2020
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) condemned the final rule by the Social Security Administration (SSA), “Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category."
Issues:Seniors
February 24, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent a letter to Congress requesting additional funding for the coronavirus outbreak, as well as authority to transfer and reprogram previously appropriated funds.
Issues:Budget
February 21, 2020
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), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma in response to a request for information implying CMS is considering outsourcing American call center jobs.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
February 14, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after President Trump diverted $3.83 billion dollars from the Department of Defense budget in order to build a southern border wall.
Issues:National Security
February 13, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after voting for a resolution to facilitate the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United States Constitution.
February 12, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) condemned President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget at a House Budget Committee hearing with Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought.
Issues:Budget
February 11, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) pushed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General (IG) Phyllis Fong to investigate corrupt, Brazilian-owned and controlled meatpacker JBS during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture hearing.
February 10, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
Issues:Budget
February 7, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted for and spoke on the House Floor in support of an emergency supplemental funding bill for Puerto Rico.