115th Congress
January 18, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the nomination of Wilbur Ross, President-elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of Commerce, and his corporate ties.
January 18, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that highlighted the effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
January 13, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) reintroduced the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act today with 73 original cosponsors supporting the legislation.
January 13, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today spoke on the House Floor to call on Congress to oppose the repeal of the ACA and massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. DeLauro’s speech comes the same day that the GOP plans to start the process to repeal the ACA and take away health care from millions of Americans.
January 10, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today joined House Democrats and education leaders in calling on the U.S. Senate to reject Betsy DeVos, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Education.
January 7, 2017
This week, the Connecticut House Delegation cosponsored the Protecting Our Democracy Act, legislation that would establish an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 election.
Last summer, we witnessed the Zika virus become a national public health crisis that unfolded across the country. Following President Obama's emergency funding request for $1.9 billion in February 2016, tens of thousands of cases of the Zika virus were reported in the United States and its territories, including thousands of cases in pregnant women. Despite continued calls from the medical and research communities, Congressional Republicans delayed acting on the President's request, letting it languish for months as more Americans contracted the virus.
January 6, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today called on Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell to drop any plans to defund Planned Parenthood as part of their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
January 6, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today denounced President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to include demands that Mexico pay for his planned border wall as part of his efforts to renegotiate NAFTA. Trump’s latest plans follow his comments on Thursday, where he noted that the U.S. would be on the hook to pay for his wall and would later receive a reimbursement from Mexico.
January 3, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to President-elect Donald Trump asking him to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to produce an agreement that will create American jobs, grow wages, and serve the public interest.