112th Congress

This article appeared in the June 5 print edition of Politico:

WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), issued the following statement on today's Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. DeLauro is the original author of the legislation, first introduced in 1997, that puts teeth into the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work.

NEW HAVEN – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro is encouraging local veterans with experience in the construction industry to register for the upcoming Veterans' Construction Job Match event. The Veterans Job Match program is an initiative led by the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and the Connecticut Department of Labor to match qualified veterans in search of employment with employers who would like to hire them.

WASHINGTON--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement praising the U.S. Department of Agriculture's implementation of expanded testing for six additional strains of E. coli.

MILFORD, CT--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) joined with Milford Mayor Ben Blake and CT Department of Veterans' Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz today to announce that a new veterans' Office of Advocacy and Assistance would be opening in the Parsons Government Building in Milford.

Washington, DC—The Connecticut Congressional Delegation responded today to the joint Federal Energy Regulatory Commission/North America Electric Reliability Corporation report into the causes and unacceptable response of Connecticut Light & Power and its parent company, Northeast Utilities, to last October's snowstorm that left more than two million households without power, including over 850,000 in Connecticut. The delegation called for the investigation last year.

Washington, DC—The House Majority today dug in and continued to deny the financial pressures facing American women, refusing to even debate the Paycheck Fairness Act on the floor. The Senate will take up the bill on Tuesday and President Obama has committed to signing the legislation should it come to his desk. The Paycheck Fairness Act closes loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by putting teeth in that law's enforcement provisions and banning retaliation against workers who discuss their wages.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) made the following opening statement at a Steering and Policy Committee Hearing on equal pay this afternoon. Members heard from women who have real-life experience with gender-based pay discrimination and scholar and author Barbara Ehrenreich. The Senate will vote Tuesday on the Paycheck Fairness Act, of which DeLauro is the original author. DeLauro also read a statement at the hearing from Lilly Ledbetter, the namesake of the 2009 law that ensured employees' rights to challenge pay discrimination.