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GOP Prevents Committee from Having a Debate on the Merits
WASHINGTON, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement on the Republican Appropriators’ rejection of her amendment to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, as called for in the Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 1010). In 2006, the House Appropriations Committee acted in a bipartisan way to raise the minimum wage with President Bush ultimately signing legislation to increase the wage in 2007.
WASHINGTON, DC—A portion of the Rail Safety Enforcement Act was included in the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development funding bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee today. The legislation was introduced earlier this month by Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro, who serves on the Committee, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty, and New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today after legislation she co-sponsored, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act passed the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill would encourage collaboration between law enforcement, child welfare systems and juvenile justice courts; and reduce demand for sex trafficking.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) made the following opening statement at today’s Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee markup. The subcommittee, which DeLauro formerly chaired, considered the Fiscal Year 2015 funding bill for the United States Agriculture Department, Food and Drug Administration, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
WASHINGTON – A group of nearly a dozen House Democrats today introduced legislation to tighten restrictions on corporate tax inversions, limiting the ability of American companies to avoid U.S. taxation by combining with a smaller foreign business and moving their tax domicile overseas. The House legislation - the “Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014” (H.R.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today. DeLauro is author of the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation which would help close the wage gap between women and men working the same jobs. She has introduced the bill every congress since 1997.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today applauded the West Haven Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, where she received an update from Director of the VA CT Healthcare System, Gerald F. Culliton on how they are meeting recommendations issued by the VA’s Inspector General (IG) in February.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on Metro-North’s Operation Deep Dive response. Last week DeLauro introduced the Rail Safety Enforcement Act, comprehensive legislation to enhance rail safety.
Inadequacies in Protecting Worker Rights in Deal Must Not be repeated in TPP
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today marking the two year anniversary of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. The anniversary comes as negotiations over a potential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement are ongoing in Vietnam, where workers face many of the same exploitative conditions as those in Colombia. DeLauro is a member of the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding the steps Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the NIH will begin taking to address gender differences in preclinical trials. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the NIH.