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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement on the draft opinion stating that the Supreme Court of the United States has voted to strike down the Roe v. Wade decision.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today submitted for the record a report acquired from a whistleblower who worked at the Abbott facility which produces infant formula recalled by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February. Chair DeLauro spoke about the report at the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hearing.

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.

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.

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.