Representative Rosa de Lauro

Rosa DeLauro is the Congresswoman from Connecticut’s Third Congressional District and has served in the House of Representatives since 1991. She is the Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, where she oversees our nation’s investments in education, health, and employment.

At the core of Rosa’s work is her fight for America’s working families. Rosa believes in raising the nation’s minimum wage, giving all employees access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave, and ensuring equal pay for equal work. Rosa has led the fight to expand the Child Tax Credit to provide tax relief to millions of families, as well as create a Young Child Tax Credit to give families with young children an economic lift, through legislation like the American Family Act and the Heroes Act.

Soon after earning degrees from Marymount College and Columbia University’s School of Public Law and Government—where she studied international politics—Rosa followed her parents’ footsteps into public service, serving as the first Executive Director of EMILY’s List, Executive director of Countdown ’87, and as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd.