Rosa DeLauro
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Rosa Luisa DeLauro is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district since 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for various issues, including healthcare, education, and women's rights. Throughout her tenure, DeLauro has focused on policies aimed at supporting lower-income households and has been vocal about the impacts of government spending reductions on essential services.
Let me take a moment to question the premise that the misclassification of workers is somehow not part of wage theft.
At the signing of the Higher Education Act in 1965 President Lyndon Johnson said the law would, quote, 'swing open a new door for the young people of America.'
when you are someone who is fearful of your livelihood, when you are fearful that you and your family may be deported, it doesn't make any difference
How do we deal with unscrupulous insurance companies that try to fool people into buying junk health plans?
So many students of color would be better served by going to a school like an HBCU.
The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (S. 337/H.R. 947), sponsored by Representative Rosa DeLauro and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand does just that.
Her bill would also ask CFIUS to evaluate not only national security risks but also economic, public health, and safety risks.
National security is an important consideration as we review foreign investment in the United States.
Any new NAFTA deal must include strong labor protections for workers in this country, as well as for workers in Mexico and Canada.
Corporations have used trade agreements to fight against countries' labor and environmental laws.
I am very, very troubled by how in fact--and as I say, this is both Democrats and Republicans--are unraveling Dodd-Frank.
Why does the industry always take precedence over public health and safety, Dr. Gottlieb?
Why shouldn't we continue to stay the course, focus our energies on what has been successful.
I am really concerned about the ways in which you propose to modify FDA's oversight in the name of efficiency and not public health, in my view.
I am, frankly, troubled by the efforts that are supported by both Democrats and Republicans that would scale back some of the regulations that have been put in place.
I think we all know how catastrophic the impact of years and years of deregulation was.
Dodd-Frank, which I was proud to support, has put us on the path to reducing that threat of the too-big-to-fail firms.
I would just ask you to strongly urge the NIH to issue a new funding opportunity in Fiscal Year 2018.
In 2018, there have been 17 school shootings, not including one this morning, I might add, in Maryland, St. Mary's school.





