115th Congress
April 19, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today wrote a letter to the CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., telling them to clarify consumer advice related to the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce—which has resulted in 53 infections, including 31 hospitalizations, across 16 states.
April 19, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., requesting additional information on the investigation of a Salmonella outbreak related to shelled eggs, which is now responsible for 23 infections, including 6 hospitalizations, across 9 states.
April 19, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and author of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (H.R.947), released the following statement in response to new research conducted by researchers at the Urban Institute on the impact of using social security to fund a paid leave plan.
April 18, 2018
Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, Sander M. Levin (MI-09), Barbara Lee (CA-13), and Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced a letter urging United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to actively oppose anti-worker legislation currently moving through the Mexican Senate.
Issues:Jobs and the Economy
April 18, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding the House Committee passage of the Republicans’ 2018 Farm Bill.
April 16, 2018
Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) sent a letter urging United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to protect young children from ingesting dangerous amounts of arsenic by promptly updating guidance to consumers and businesses.
April 13, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to launch airstrikes in Syria.
Issues:National Security
April 11, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, today released the following statement regarding reports that President Trump and Congressional Republicans are discussing ways to rescind funds from 2018 government funding bill.
April 10, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s latest Executive Order, which makes it more difficult for people to access services such as healthcare, nutrition, and housing.
April 10, 2018
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro marked Equal Pay Day by calling on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to move forward with a revised regulation to collect equal pay data and reiterated the critical importance of closing the gender pay gap by passing the Paycheck Fairness Act—legislation she has introduced in every Congress since 1997. This legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable.