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WASHINGTON, DC--Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and George Miller (D-CA) released the following statement today responding to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s speech at the Global Business Dialogue. In his speech, Chairman Camp called for congressional approval of outdated “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), on which the three representatives have led the opposition.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Matt Cartwright (PA-17) introduced the Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act in order to expand the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) to the entirety of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP.
Washington – Today, Congressman John B. Larson, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Congressman Joe Courtney, Congressman Jim Himes and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty released a letter sent this week to U.S. Senate Leadership urging the confirmation of Commissioner Linda Schwartz as the Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Policy and Planning. In their letter, the Members address the vital need for qualified leadership at the Veteran Affairs Department in the wake of recently reported misconduct.
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lloyd Doggett today proposed a ban on Pentagon contracts with corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. The proposal was offered as an amendment to the 2015 Department of Defense funding bill and was accepted by voice vote. They offered a similar amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which was included in the version passed by the House of Representatives last week.
Slaughter, DeLauro, and Capps Push For Greater Transparency to Ensure Women and Minority Participation in Critical Research
WASHINGTON— Today, Congresswomen Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Lois Capps (D-CA) led a letter with their colleagues calling on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make demographic information pertaining to all clinical trials public, including those performed by pharmaceutical companies.
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lloyd Doggett today proposed a ban on Pentagon contracts with corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. The proposal was offered as an amendment to the 2015 Department of Defense funding bill and was accepted by voice vote. They offered a similar amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which was included in the version passed by the House of Representatives last week.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today issued the following statement applauding the Clifford Beers Clinic for winning a Health Care Innovation Award. The award, given by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will go towards developing and implementing “Wrap Around New Haven.”
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today issued the following statement applauding President Obama’s Executive Order protecting LGBT employees. The Executive Order will prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Has Served as New Haven’s Chief Legal Advisory and Attorney Since 2009
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today applauded President Obama’s nomination of Victor Allen Bolden to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Improperly Processed Meat Was Sent To Connecticut Distribution Center
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today asked the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a briefing on how meat potentially tainted with mad cow disease was allowed to leave processing facilities for nearly eight months. The potentially tainted beef went to a Whole Foods distribution center in Connecticut that serves stores in southern New England.