Rosa L. DeLauro

Overview

Rosa DeLauro is a long-serving Democratic representative from Connecticut with an extensive voting record of 766 votes across a wide range of policy areas. Her most active area is healthcare, where she has cast 170 votes and supported the majority of measures that came before her, including motions related to Medicaid protections and efforts to lower health insurance premiums. She has also been active on budget and spending issues, where she opposed the fiscal year 2027 budget resolution and a continuing appropriations measure, reflecting disagreement with the spending priorities put forward by the majority party. On defense and foreign policy, DeLauro shows strong support rates — voting in favor of veterans' care legislation and backing War Powers resolutions that would direct the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon. In agriculture, she supported the Agriculture Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027 and backed animal protection legislation. Her record on environment and energy shows frequent opposition, which in the context of the current Congress typically reflects disagreement with measures that would roll back environmental regulations. DeLauro's voting on immigration, banking and finance, and housing shows high opposition rates, suggesting she frequently disagrees with the majority party's approach in these areas. On technology, education, and labor issues, she votes in favor more often than not. Her one recorded vote on reproductive rights was a 'yea,' and she has supported Social Security–related measures in the majority of her votes on that topic.

Key Positions

• •Consistently supports healthcare access measures, including voting in favor of motions related to Medicaid protections (Do No Harm in Medicaid Act) and lowering health insurance premiums (Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act).
• •Opposes recent majority-party budget proposals, voting against the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget resolution and a continuing appropriations measure for FY2027.
• •Supports efforts to limit U.S. military involvement abroad, voting in favor of multiple War Powers resolutions directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from Lebanon.
• •Backs veterans' legislation, voting in favor of the Take Care of America's Veterans Act.
• •Supports agricultural spending and food safety oversight, voting for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Act for FY2027.
• •Frequently opposes measures in the environment and energy category, which in the current Congress often involve changes to existing environmental regulations — she voted against 23 of 35 such measures.
• •Opposes most immigration-related measures that have come to a vote, supporting only 2 of 8 bills in this category.
• •Supports consumer protection efforts, voting in favor of the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act.