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Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro released a statement in response to the detention of an 18-year-old student at Wilbur Cross High School, Esdras R., by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): 

“The Trump Administration is cracking down on families who are part of our community. It is shameful and cruel.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the imminent destruction of $12 million worth of contraceptives and HIV-prevention supplies purchased as aid for developing nations:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the imminent destruction of 500 tons of food aid for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan:

“I am disgusted that the Trump Administration has withheld 500 metric tons of life-saving nutritional aid, enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week, for so long that it is about to spoil and will have to be destroyed. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, a Palestinian-American citizen with ties to Connecticut: 

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to the Supreme Court allowing for mass layoffs at the Department of Education, clearing the path for President Trump’s plan to end public education in the United States:

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement after Republicans in Congress passed a budget bill that would kick families off Medicaid, raise energy costs, and cut food stamps, all to fund tax cuts for the wealthy and biggest corporations: 

“Republicans just raised the cost of living for working Americans.”

U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the bipartisan Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools Act, legislation that would address the urgent need for mental health professionals in schools. In DeLauro’s first year as Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee, she created the School Based Mental Health Service Grants program to increase the number of mental health professionals available at schools.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA:

“Since 1868, the 14^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The Trump Administration is trying to end birthright citizenship, but had been barred from doing so by a nationwide injunction.