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House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the approval of a stay of deportation for Nelson Pinos.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) this week led the passage of H.R. 3237, the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th, a funding bill that supports the United States Capitol Police with funding, overtime pay, equipment, and support services.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) led the passage of H.R. 4502, a package of seven government funding bills that level the playing field. Instead of benefitting the most fortunate and influential, these transformative investments give the middle class a shot and help working families, small businesses, children and adults with disabilities, and the vulnerable.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s announcement that, effective September 28, 2021, it will rescind the joint employer rule and maintain workers’ rights to the minimum wage and overtime compensation protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today held a press conference with local leaders to celebrate the expanded and improved Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan and the impact the first monthly check has had on Connecticut families. Additionally, DeLauro, Murphy, Blumenthal, and community leaders called for the permanency of this transformative policy.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced $8,588,950 for the Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller for Emergency Protective Measures to help to cover costs associated with COVID-19 testing throughout Connecticut. This second grant awarded through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) brings the total amount of federal relief to the Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller to $10,741,203.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) reintroduced the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act, a bill to create and fund a public bank that would innovatively facilitate public-private partnerships to rebuild our nation’s roads, highways, bridges, and environmental and energy projects of national or regional significance. DeLauro has introduced the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act since 1994.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill.