115th Congress
February 2, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement upon news that the Kassar family has been reunited in the United States. Over the last week, DeLauro and her staff have worked to ensure that Fadi Kassar could be reunited with his wife, Razan, and his two children, Hnan and Lian.
February 2, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today introduced the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation builds on the success of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) by indexing the value of the credit and raising the amount for families with young children.
February 2, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01), and Tax Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) today introduced a series of tax bills that would cut taxes for America’s middle class and working families.
February 1, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) this week introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for an end to domestic child sex trafficking. DeLauro’s resolution comes as Super Bowl LI is set to take place in Houston, Texas this week, which will see an increase in sex trafficking surrounding the events.
February 1, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding several constituents and their families who have become stranded around the world after President Trump signed an executive order targeting refugees and citizens of seven countries in the Middle East.
February 1, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today spoke on the House Floor to read a letter from Sergio, an undocumented immigrant who left his internship in DeLauro’s Washington, DC office last year following the election.
January 31, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court.
January 31, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today joined House Democrats and labor leaders in calling on the U.S. Senate to reject Andrew Puzder, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor.
January 31, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) this week joined Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) in cosponsoring the Safeguarding Sanctuary Cities Act, which ensures that federal funds cannot be unduly withheld from any state or local authority that limits or restricts compliance with a voluntary immigration detainer request.
January 31, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today slammed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to cut regulations and speed up the drug approval process at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as allow pharmaceutical companies to increase the prices of life saving medicines in foreign countries for people that can least afford it.