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U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5) today released the names of the Connecticut men and women who have accepted offers of appointment to one of the four United States service academies.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its intention to change guidelines related to poverty thresholds, which would affect who is eligible for programs like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and free and reduced school lunch.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs today wrote a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta about the Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) controversial “opinion letter” on contingent work.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed more than $17 billion in disaster relief funding for communities throughout the country affected by floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other natural disasters.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today reintroduced the Medical Device Safety Act, a bill to increase access to legal recourse for victims of unsafe devices.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) voted 138-4 in favor of joining the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).

The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 23.