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April 20, 2022
United States Representatives Katie Porter (D-CA-45), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led their colleagues in sending a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure highlighting concerns about overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans that line the pockets of big insurance companies. The letter urges CMS to mitigate the announced payment increases so they are on par with payments to Traditional Medicare. Sent by a total of 19 members of the Senate and the House, the letter also calls on CMS to increase transparency in the Medicare Advantage program.
April 18, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today submitted a public comment letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting how the national trade organization representing for-profit charter education management organizations (EMOs) is running a well-funded misinformation campaign to shift outrage and attention away from the risky, low-quality for-profit charter schools they represent. Additionally, Chair DeLauro applauds ED for efforts to introduce greater accountability and transparency in the Charter Schools Program.
April 7, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of advancing the Relief for Restaurants and Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022.
April 7, 2022
Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauroannounced that Middletown's Community Health Center and Waterbury's Health360 will receive a total of $1,870,622 in Public Health AmeriCorps funding.
April 6, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Approaches in K-12 Education.
April 1, 2022
Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Access to Scalp Cooling Therapy Act to expand health insurance coverage to scalp cooling therapy. This legislation would require all health insurers to provide coverage for scalp cooling treatments for chemotherapy patients who suffer from alopecia.
April 1, 2022
Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) introduced the Donor Milk Safety Act, legislation that will require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that donor breast milk consumed by vulnerable infants meets uniform minimum safety standards – just as the Agency does for blood, plasma, other human tissue, biological products, and infant nutrition under the FDA’s jurisdiction.
March 30, 2022
Today, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Affordable Loans for Any Student Act of 2022. This comprehensive legislation streamlines existing programs and creates two simple and easy-to-understand options for borrowers to choose from to ensure affordable monthly payments, avoiding loan delinquency or default.
March 28, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2023.
March 28, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Governor Lamont's announcement that the State of Connecticut has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin that may bring new helicopter lines to Sikorsky and sustain 7,000 jobs in Stratford: