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Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today voted in support of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, bipartisan legislation that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law.

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) this week voted in support of the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act and the Women's Health Protection Act, bills that would protect women travelling for abortion care and enshrine a woman's right to abortion into law, respectively.

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Food Safety Administration Act, legislation that would establish the Food Safety Administration, a single food safety agency responsible for keeping the food we consume safe for market.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today applauded the U.S. Department of Education and the Biden Administration on improving transparency and accountability in the Charter Schools Program (CSP).

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today commended House passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, legislation to reduce gun violence and better community safety. The legislation now heads to President Biden's desk to be signed into law.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

"I wish I was shocked, but I sadly am not. This activist conservative Supreme Court that lambasts decisions it does not like as judicial activism has made a dangerous move, disregarding science and decades of legal precedent to strip away a woman's fundamental and constitutional right to make her own health care decisions. Make no mistake, this decision puts women's lives at risk.

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement following an announcement that the Food and Drug Administration banned JUUL products from the U.S. market. The ban issued by the FDA subjects any JUUL product offered for sale or distributed in the United States to FDA enforcement action.

Chair of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today applauded House passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act, legislation to extend school meal waivers for children through the summer months.