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Washington, DC—The House Majority today dug in and continued to deny the financial pressures facing American women, refusing to even debate the Paycheck Fairness Act on the floor. The Senate will take up the bill on Tuesday and President Obama has committed to signing the legislation should it come to his desk.

Washington, DC—The Connecticut Congressional Delegation responded today to the joint Federal Energy Regulatory Commission/North America Electric Reliability Corporation report into the causes and unacceptable response of Connecticut Light & Power and its parent company, Northeast Utilities, to last October's snowstorm that left more than two million households without power, including over

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) made the following opening statement at a Steering and Policy Committee Hearing on equal pay this afternoon. Members heard from women who have real-life experience with gender-based pay discrimination and scholar and author Barbara Ehrenreich. The Senate will vote Tuesday on the Paycheck Fairness Act, of which DeLauro is the original author.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today hosted Education Secretary Arne Duncan in New Haven for a roundtable discussion on how to elevate the teaching profession. Among the participants were New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, New Haven Schools Superintendant Reginald Mayo and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senator Richard Blumenthal today announced a total of $600,000 in grants from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for brownfield cleanup and assessment in central Connecticut.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement on the lawsuit filed this week by a group of Catholic organizations challenging the provision on contraception coverage in the Affordable Care Act: