Rosa L. DeLauro (born March 2, 1943), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.
DeLauro is the chairwoman of the Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. She also serves on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommit...
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Rosa L. DeLauro (born March 2, 1943), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. The district is based in New Haven, and includes most of that city's suburbs.
DeLauro is the chairwoman of the Agriculture Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. She also serves on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee. Additionally, she is one of the leading members on the House Budget Committee, the same committee her most popular CT-03 predecessor, Robert Giaimo, ran as chairman until 1981.
DeLauro was born to an Italian-American family in New Haven, and earned her high school diploma from The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall in Milford, Connecticut. She earned a bachelor's degree from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, as well as separate master's degrees from the London School of Economics and...
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