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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
U.S. House, Connecticut
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Having served as EMILY’s List’s first executive director, EMILY's List was proud to back Rosa DeLauro in her 1990 campaign for the open seat in Connecticut's third district. Currently serving in her tenth term, Congresswoman DeLauro has been a champion for progressive causes, including education, health care, and reproductive rights.
DeLauro has also been a staunch advocate for equal pay. Just this year, the house passed her Paycheck Fairness Act, along with related the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Many of DeLauro’s fellow members in the House credited her dedicated and persistence with the bills’ successful passage.
Biography
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro has worked a lifetime for the people of Connecticut. She was first elected to Congress from Connecticut's Third District in 1990, and is currently serving her tenth term. Congresswoman DeLauro sits on the influential House Appropriations and Budget Committees. She serves as chairwoman of the Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee and as a member of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittees. In 1999, she was elected Assistant to the Democratic Leader by her colleagues, making her the second highest ranking Democratic woman in the House of Representatives. She was re-elected to this position in 2000. She has served as co-chair of the House Steering and Policy Committee since 2002.
During her tenure in Congress, DeLauro has taken a special interest in health care issues, leading the fight for affordable, quality health care. She has worked aggressively with a bipartisan group of legislators to lower the rising costs of prescription drugs. As a result of her efforts, the U.S. House passed legislation allowing the importation of drugs from countries like Canada in the 108th Congress. From her position on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, DeLauro has fought to increase funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings and research. DeLauro has also authored legislation to ensure longer hospital stays for women undergoing breast cancer surgery that enjoys bipartisan support.
Since she first came to Congress in 1990, Rosa DeLauro has put every pay raise she has received toward the Ted DeLauro Scholarship, which she founded in memory of her late father. To date, $478,000 has helped 478 students further their education. In 2004, DeLauro also used the Congressional pay raise to initiate the Maria Baez Perez Scholarship, established in the name of a former staff person. Since that time, 38 area students have received $1,000 scholarships as well.
Prior to her election to the House of Representatives, Rosa DeLauro served as Executive Director of EMILY'S List, a national organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in elected office. She served as Executive Director of Countdown '87, the national campaign that successfully stopped U.S. military aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. From 1981-1987, DeLauro served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd .
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