Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills DeLauro has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). DeLauro is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for DeLauro for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Rosa DeLauro sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
DeLauro sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (33%) Taxation (19%) Labor and Employment (15%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) International Affairs (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of DeLauro’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5831: To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a fatigue management ...
- H.R. 5693: Fair Employment Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 5692: Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2016
- H.R. 5665: Foreign Investment and Economic Security Act of 2016
- H.Res. 811: Expressing support for the designation of September 2016 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness ...
- H.R. 5512: Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2016
- H.R. 5408: Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2016
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Voting Record
From Jan 1991 to Sep 2016, DeLauro missed 256 of 16,826 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 86 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills