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U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) this week marked both Mental Health Awareness Month and National Foster Care Month by reintroducing H.R. 2973, the Strengthening America’s Families Act (SAFA), which would use research and the science of child development to transform the child welfare system.

Today, Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL), and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), held a press conference to discuss their recent meeting with White House COVID-19 czar Jeffrey Zients and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. During that meeting, they presented a letter signed by 110 Democratic House members calling on the President to support the World Health Organization (WHO) TRIPS waiver. The waiver would allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world, to manufacture their own doses of the COVID-19 vaccines which have been created by U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies funded by U.S. taxpayers.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) announced ten Connecticut community projects she has submitted for consideration in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement following President Biden’s Joint Address to Congress.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on President Biden’s American Families Plan, which would invest in care infrastructure to support economic recovery and includes a national paid family and medical leave program.

House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the nomination of Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon for Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Department of Health and Human Services.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, today released new data collected by Co-Equal detailing the benefits of the expanded and improved Child Tax Credit (CTC). The district-level data reveals the number of children in each Congressional District that will receive the monthly CTC payment. This benefit, included for one year in the American Rescue Plan, will be transformative for middle class families and lift more than 4 million children out of poverty. DeLauro is sharing this data with communities across the country to demonstrate the importance of permanently expanding and improving the CTC.