Press Releases
May 10, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today reintroduced the Medical Device Safety Act, a bill to increase access to legal recourse for victims of unsafe devices.
May 9, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) voted 138-4 in favor of joining the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
May 8, 2019
The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 23.
May 8, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC (May 8, 2019) — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee held its first hearing on paid leave.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
May 2, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Climate Action Now Act (H.R. 9), which would prevent President Trump from withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
May 1, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested an additional $2.9 billion for the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) unaccompanied children program.
May 1, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) today reintroduced the Medicare for America Act—a bill that would ensure universal, affordable, high-quality healthcare coverage.
Issues:Health Care
April 30, 2019
(As prepared for delivery)
A video of the hearing can be found here.
The meeting of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies is called to order.
April 29, 2019
Legislation increases discretionary funding by $11.7 billion from the 2019 level, investing in education, health care, medical research, and job training so people have a better chance at a better life. Bill funds firearm injury and mortality prevention research at CDC for first time in more than 20 years.
April 20, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) released a study projecting minimal economic gains from the Trump Administration’s renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).