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January 15, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after voting to appoint House managers for the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.
January 13, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its joint employer rule.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
January 10, 2020
At a news conference today in the Capitol with medical experts, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) reiterated her call to ban sales of ranitidine—the active ingredient in Zantac—and reintroduced the Recall Unsafe Drugs Act. Her legislation would give the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandatory recall authority over drugs and homeopathic products.
January 10, 2020
Today, Co-Chairs of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda L. Lawrence (MI-14), Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Vice Chairs Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Deb Haaland (NM-01) were joined by Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) in sending a letter to the Department of Labor expressing strong opposition to the Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) announcement stating that it will not “request, accept, or use” pay data broken down by race, gender, and ethnicity in its enforcement of nondiscrimination provisions as applied to federal contractors.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
January 10, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) voted in favor of the PFAS Action Act of 2019, legislation that would protect communities from the cancerous “forever chemicals” commonly known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which is often found in food packaging and other consumer and industrial products.
January 9, 2020
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of the War Powers Resolution, legislation that would require the President to consult Congress and the American public before engaging in war or hostilities against Iran.
Issues:National Security
January 6, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released a video update regarding tensions between the United States and Iran following the airstrike President Trump authorized last week, which killed high-ranking Iranian military leaders.
Issues:National Security
January 3, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the United States military conducted airstrikes in Iraq that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani.
Issues:National Security
January 2, 2020
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the rise in anti-Semitic attacks in recent weeks and months.
December 20, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after voting for the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act (H.R. 5377), which would restore the state and local tax deduction (SALT). President Trump and Republican’s 2017 tax bill cut the deduction, causing 87,800 households to face property tax increases in the Third District.
Issues:Taxes