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Executive Order could guarantee access to paid sick days to 28 million federal contractors
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to explain why they denied 85 percent of claims filed by women and Hispanic farmers who were discriminated against by USDA’s farm loan program between 1981 and 2000. Their letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack can be viewed here.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro released the following statement regarding the extension of Connecticut’s ESEA waiver:
“I applaud today’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Education will extend Connecticut’s waiver from the constraint of unrealistic and unfair requirements in No Child Left Behind, where student achievement is unreliably measured by test scores.
Urges House Republicans to Support Voting Rights Now
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
WASHINGTON—Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) sent the following letter today to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry requesting further clarification on Malaysia’s upgraded status in the Department of State’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today led 13 in urging the Administration to issue rules regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s discrimination prohibitions in health care.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first day of work at Pratt & Whitney.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating round that recently concluded in Maui. DeLauro is a longtime opponent of trade deals that cost American jobs and undermine critical worker, environmental, financial and food safety protections.
"This setback to the TPP in Maui shifts the momentum in the national debate. The impasse highlights very troubling issues for anyone concerned about the future of the American middle class.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that she has joined a Congressional delegation trip to Italy and Ukraine. In both countries they will focus on security cooperation and NATO operations, and strengthened economic ties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter signed by 178 members of Congress today, House Democrats called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end its controversial Family Detention Program.
The letter, signed by U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), comes on the heels of a U.S. District Court ruling late last week that the detention of immigrant women and children violated terms of the 1997 Flores Settlement, and urges DHS to “take all necessary and appropriate steps to bring the Department's practices in line with the settlement agreement and the recent court ruling.”