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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Education (ED), today released the following statement after ED announced the availability of $3 billion in emergency education relief funding for states through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, pressed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information regarding the precautions they have taken to assure the accuracy of COVID-19 tests, as well as for manufacturers’ data provided to the FDA on false positives and false negatives in administered tests thus far.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following statement after the Department of Education announced it would distribute $6 billion to colleges and universities from the more than $30 billion Congress appropriated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Yesterday, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing concerns following an update on how HHS plans to distribute the $100 billion Congress appropriated for hospitals and health care providers. in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), Congressman Conor Lamb (PA-17), and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) sent a letter with 58 House Democratic colleagues to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging USDA to expand online purchases for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to all states and additional retailers.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report detailing the challenges hospitals and healthcare workers are facing while treating coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, as well as what they need from the federal government.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) hosted her third live telephone town hall on the coronavirus (COVID-19) to update her constituents on the federal response, including funding for hospitals and healthcare workers, small business loans, direct payments for constituents, student loan deferments, and more.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete Gaynor, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Robert Kadlec, FEMA Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Lead Rear Admiral John Polowczyk yesterday requesting information on how the $16 billion appropriated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for medical equipment can be used to facilitate additional production of these materials. Connecticut—along with many states across the country—continue to face shortages of this life-saving equipment.