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Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) led a letter with 61 of their colleagues urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to withdraw the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection proposed rule. The rule would allow an unlimited increase in swine slaughter line speeds, endangering workers’ safety, public health, and animal welfare.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update on the ongoing E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona region.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration will rescind a Department of Labor (DOL) policy that helps protect federal contractor workers from pay discrimination. Under current law, federal contractors are regularly reviewed by the Department for salary bias.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement in support of students participating in the National School Walkout.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today wrote a letter to the CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., telling them to clarify consumer advice related to the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce—which has resulted in 53 infections, including 31 hospitalizations, across 16 states.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., requesting additional information on the investigation of a Salmonella outbreak related to shelled eggs, which is now responsible for 23 infections, including 6 hospitalizations, across 9 states.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), 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), released the following statement in response to new research conducted by researchers at the Urban Institute on the impact of using social security to fund a paid leave plan.

Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, Sander M. Levin (MI-09), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced a letter urging United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to actively oppose anti-worker legislation currently moving through the Mexican Senate.