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June 27, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following after voting against the border supplemental bill.
June 25, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule on Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAP).
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
June 20, 2019
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) held a Congressional Food Safety Caucus briefing with the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Consumer Federation of America on the current state of food safety in America and the urgency of creating a single food safety agency.
June 20, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed the Trump administration’s domestic gag rule to go into effect.
Issues:Health Care
June 20, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation that included an expansion of the Child Tax Credit and an extension of the biodiesel tax credit.
June 19, 2019
The House today passed, on a 226 to 203 vote, a package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills. The package consists of four bills that fund federal departments including Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, and Energy from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
June 18, 2019
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 Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following statements regarding a new report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal data on restraint and seclusion collected by the Department of Education (ED) as part of its Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).
Issues:Education
June 13, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the final site selection for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
June 13, 2019
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement upon news that Sleeping Giant State Park will be reopened to the public tomorrow.
June 12, 2019
(As prepared for delivery)
I rise to speak about the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.
To start, let me recognize the ranking member, Tom Cole, for his work on this bill. We have worked closely together over the years because of the mutual respect that we have for one another. While we have differences of opinion, we have the same values about the scope of these programs and who it ought to be benefiting.