115th Congress

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) went to Proton OnSite in Wallingford to discuss and see first-hand the benefits of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) program, including the job opportunities created through its investment in innovative technologies.

WASHINGTON, DC (July 28, 2017) — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the defeat of the Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “The country can breathe a sigh of relief after the defeat of the Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate rejected every Republican proposal to unravel the ACA’s protections for patients with preexisting conditions, eliminate coverage for essential health benefits, and make healthcare unaffordable by raising premiums and deductibles. “It is now time for Republicans and Democrats to work together to improve the Affordable Care Act to bring down premiums and deductibles, reduce prescription drug prices, and increase competition in the marketplaces. Making things better for all Americans should be first and foremost in everything we do.”

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the Food and Drug Administration's active investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella in papayas. Since the outbreak began in May, 46 people in 12 states have been sickened, 12 people have been hospitalized, and 1 person has died.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the stay of deportation granted for Nury Chavarria: “I am thrilled that Nury has been granted this reprieve - it is the right thing to do.” said DeLauro. “I will continue to work with her and her attorneys as they work to secure Nury permanent legal status.”

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the American Business for American Companies Act, which would extend the year-to-year government-wide ban on federal contracts for inverted corporations by moving it out of the annual appropriations process and into permanent law. It also eliminates loopholes in the current law that have allowed inverted corporations to bid for, and win, federal contracts, despite the ban currently in place.

Today, Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) and announced that a bipartisan bill they led along with Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to prohibit the sale of Plum Island passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA) from using any of its operational funding to process or complete a sale of Plum Island until after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) completes a study of alternative disposition options for the island. A similar measure passed last year, but did not make it through the Senate.