115th Congress
March 23, 2017
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today introduced the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act to support the restoration of Long Island Sound through 2020.
March 23, 2017
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced $261,436 in USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture funding to Southern Connecticut State University.
March 22, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to the USDA urging the agency to cease the importation of Brazilian meat. DeLauro’s letter comes after an investigation by Brazilian federal police found that several meatpacking companies allegedly bribed food inspectors to approve sales of meats that might otherwise have failed inspection.
March 22, 2017
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement regarding news that United Healthcare Group is sending notices to enrollees that they intend to drop providers in the State of Connecticut in order to pressure doctors during their contract negotiations.
March 21, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the Manager’s Amendment to the Republicans’ American Health Care Act, which includes 21 pages of edits. DeLauro is the Senior Democrat on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee.
March 20, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) today released the following statement regarding the postponement of budget hearings for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Education.
March 17, 2017
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25) today wrote to HHS and USDA urging increased collaboration and oversight to reduce the inappropriate use of medically important antibiotics in food animal production.
March 16, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding information received on President Trump’s 2018 budget. DeLauro is the Senior Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
March 15, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in writing to the Environmental Protection Agency, urging Administrator Scott Pruitt to oppose cuts to the EPA’s Long Island Sound geographic program for Fiscal Year 2018.
March 15, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging the agency to reverse its policy of withholding the names and locations of stores and schools where recalled food products are sold.