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August 13, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today marked August as National Immunization Awareness Month. Vaccination prevents the spread of disease, protecting both people and their community as a whole.
August 10, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced plans to rescind the gainful employment rule.
August 7, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day when an average black woman must work until to be paid what the typical white man was paid in 2017.
August 7, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) wrote to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging the agency to reconsider its decision to deport Salma Reza Sikandar. Mrs. Sikander, a resident of New Haven, Connecticut, has lived in the United States for 20 years, maintains a job in Connecticut to support her family, has no criminal record, and is the mother of an American citizen.
August 3, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., asking for specific information regarding the ongoing investigation into the Cyclospora outbreak linked to product sold by Fresh Express. The outbreak is currently responsible for 395 infections—including 16 hospitalizations—across 15 states.
DeLauro Statement on Trump Administration’s Failure to Locate Deported Parents of Separated Children
August 3, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC (August 3, 2018) – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Trump administration argued in court that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) should take the lead on locating deported parents who have been separated from their children due to the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy.
August 2, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), released the following statement in response to Senator Marco Rubio’s newly released paid leave bill, which forces workers to pay for paid leave by borrowing against their future Social Security benefits. DeLauro is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and author of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (H.R.947).
August 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC (August 2, 2018) – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement in regard to the Trump administration missing yesterday's deadline to reunite children with their families.
July 26, 2018
Bill requires higher ed. institutions to provide complete and accurate information on loans
Issues:Education
July 24, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member on the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor and author of the Healthy Families Act, today released the following statement in opposition to the Workflex in the 21st Century Act, which is the focus of a hearing today in the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. The Republican bill would exempt companies from state and local paid leave requirements under certain circumstances.