Rosa L. DeLauro

Her campaign website says she led passage of the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan, which it says cut child poverty nearly in half and was paid monthly, and that she is fighting to make it permanent.^6,7,11

Her campaign website says she is working to establish a national paid family leave program.¹¹

1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states

Her campaign website says she is working to lower the cost of child care and helped increase funding for the child care industry.¹¹

Her campaign website lists among her achievements securing the largest increase in SNAP benefits in history.⁶

Her campaign website says she championed the Inflation Reduction Act, which gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, capped insulin at $35 a month for seniors and limited seniors' yearly out-of-pocket drug costs.^12,13

Her campaign website says she has voted against every attempt to cut Social Security or raise the retirement age.¹³

1. Raise the full retirement age
2. Keep it at 67

Her campaign website calls Social Security and Medicare earned benefits and says she will protect them.^7,13

Her campaign website says everyone should have affordable health care and that she fights to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid.¹²

Her campaign website says she defends a woman's right to choose and is leading the effort to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade.¹²

1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy

Her campaign website says she is leading the effort to write the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law.¹²

1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
2. Leave abortion law to each state
3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)

Her campaign website says she strongly supports unions and every worker's right to organize and bargain for better wages and benefits.⁷

Her campaign website says she opposes trade deals that send jobs overseas and weaken labor and environmental protections.⁶

Her campaign website says the wealthy and corporations should pay their fair share and that she will always oppose tax cuts for billionaires.⁷

Her campaign website says she fought to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and has proposed a National Infrastructure Bank.^6,14

Her campaign website calls the Inflation Reduction Act a start and says she is working to make Connecticut a leader in the clean energy economy.¹⁵

Her campaign website says she is working to attract investment in offshore wind energy.¹⁵

Her campaign website calls for keeping what it calls weapons of war off the streets.¹⁶

Her campaign website says she is bringing federal money home to support community crisis response teams and local police departments.¹⁶

Her campaign website says she advocated for the PACT Act of 2022, which it says expanded health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances such as burn pits, and that she helped secure funding to carry it out.¹⁷

Her campaign website says border security must be strengthened and immigration managed in a way that upholds the legal values that define the nation, and says the administration has targeted people who contribute to their communities, attend school and follow legal immigration processes, which it says undermines constitutional rights.¹⁸