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This week, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) introduced legislation to combat the nation-wide flu epidemic. Her bill, the Flu Vaccine Act, would invest $1 billion toward the development of a universal flu vaccine, which would provide a lifetime of protection after being administered just once or twice.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro announced today that Chief of Staff Beverly Pheto will be leaving her staff to retire. DeLauro named Leticia Mederos—who served as Director of Labor Policy for the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), as well as DeLauro’s former Chief of Staff— to be her new Chief of Staff.

Earlier this week, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) received a poem by Geneva Cunningham, a 9th grade student at Hopkins School in New Haven who witnessed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut when she was in 4th grade. DeLauro shared Geneva’s poem during her remarks at a press conference this morning calling on Congress to take up meaningful legislation to address gun violence.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) today released the following statements regarding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rule imposing additional work requirements for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The Members of Congress called on Speaker Ryan to allow debate and a vote on legislation to finally repeal the Dickey Amendment and provide adequate funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research about gun violence.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and her colleague and fellow Appropriator Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), released a report on their recent trip to Puerto Rico to assess the recovery effort underway and to fight for comprehensive disaster relief funding.

The stories and videos from those who underwent this traumatic event are shocking, and they must be reckoned with. We cannot allow this unconscionable tragedy to go unanswered, as has been the case following Newtown, Aurora, Orlando, Las Vegas, and the countless mass shootings that have preceded this latest one.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement condemning President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.