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April 19, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar on the Department’s intention to deny Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Donna Shalala (FL-27), and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) entry into the Homestead Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facility.
April 18, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Department of Justice submitted a redacted version of Special Counsel Mueller’s report to Congress.
April 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement on Stop & Shop workers going on strike after failing to reach a contract agreement.

April 9, 2019

(As prepared for delivery)

A video of the hearing can be found here.

Welcome to the Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee for our annual Public Witness Day.

Let me begin by expressing my sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of our witnesses—both the witnesses in attendance today and the ones who are submitting written testimony for the record.

April 9, 2019

(As prepared for delivery)

A video of the hearing can be found here.

Good morning. Welcome everyone to the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Today's oversight hearing will examine wage theft and the critical role of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in combatting it.

I will introduce them before their remarks, but let me thank our distinguished panelists for being here today:

April 8, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denied Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Donna Shalala (FL-27), and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) entry into the Homestead Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facility.
April 4, 2019
Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation joined a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives in voting to pass H.R. 1585, a bipartisan, comprehensive, long-term reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
April 4, 2019

(As prepared for delivery)

A video of the hearing can be found here.

Good afternoon, Secretary Acosta. Welcome back to our Subcommittee. This is our fourth budget hearing this year. Today, we are examining the President's FY 2020 budget request for the Department of Labor.

April 2, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC (April 2, 2019) Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led a letter of more than 100 House Democrats to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging the withdrawal of proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would impact

April 2, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC (April 2, 2019) Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today sent a letter to the President of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Carlos Cordeiro, urging the Federation to address the persistent pay inequities between women and men on the U.S. National Soccer Teams. The Members of Congress expressed their disappointment that U.S.