ABOUT CONGRESSWOMAN ROSA DeLAURO

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro has worked a lifetime for the people of
Connecticut. She was elected to the 102nd Congress from
Connecticut's Third Congressional district on November 6, 1990. She
was re-elected on November 3, 1992. She was appointed to the House
Appropriations Committee at the beginning of the 103rd Congress.
She currently serves on the Labor, Health and Human Services and
Education Subcommittee and the Agriculture Subcommittee. She is
also a member of the Select Committee on Aging.

Rosa was born and raised in New Haven's Wooster Square. Her
grandmother owned and operated a pastry shop there. Her father,
Ted, was an Alderman known for his hard work that earned him the
nickname "Mayor of Wooster Square". Her mother, Luisa, is today the
most senior member of the New Haven Board of Aldermen. It is from
her parents that Rosa learned the importance of public service, and
that the first responsibility of government is people, families and
neighborhoods.

Since coming to Congress, Rosa has worked to improve Connecticut;s
economy. Her first major legislation, the Middle Class Tax Relief
Act of 1991, offered tax relief for approximately 130 million
middle-income taxpayers.

During the 102nd Congress, Rosa helped write the transportation
bill that will bring 100,000 jobs to Connecticut over the next six
years. She successfully added the "DeLauro amendment" to the bill
which saved Connecticut taxpayers $400 million in bridge repair
funds.

Rosa sponsored legislation to help Connecticut's defense-dependent
businesses, workers and communities make the transition to a post-
Cold War economy. As a member of the House Diversification Task
Force, she was instrumental in crafting a diversification amendment
added to the Defense Reauthorization Bill, including a special
focus on small business subcontractors.

Rosa DeLauro sponsored health care billing fraud legislation to
crack down on overcharging and other abuses. This type of fraud
cost the U.S. $80 billion in 1992. Rosa worked as a member of the
Health Care Task Force to make quality health care affordable to
everyone.

Rosa is a strong advocate of making health care research more
responsive to the needs of women. She urged the establishment of
the Office of Women's Health Research within the funding for
breast, cervical and ovarian cancer, and osteoporosis.

To save the Long Island Sound, Rosa introduced legislation to
upgrade water pollution infrastructure and fund the clean-up of our
nation's estuaries. The bill has widespread support among
environmental, business, and labor organizations.

Rosa holds neighborhood office hours every Saturday throughout the
district, and lunches with employees at businesses every week.

Prior to her election to the House of Representatives, Rosa DeLauro
served as Executive Director of EMILY's List, a national
organization committed to increasing the number of women in elected
office by helping to recruit candidates, and then helping these
pro-choice women win election.

In 1987, Rosa became the Executive Director of Countdown '87, the
national campaign that successfully stopped U.S. military aid to
the Nicaraguan Contras.

From 1981-1987, Rosa served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator
Christopher Dodd, helping Dodd build a record of achievement and
service that includes the comprehensive child care legislation
passed by Congress.

Rosa started her community involvement in New Haven as one of the
first community organizers in the War on Poverty. Later, with the
National Urban Fellows Program, she helped women and minorities by
working to create good job opportunities. Rosa was the first woman
to hold City Hall's top administrative office when she served as
Executive Assistant to New Haven's Mayor. She also served as
Executive Assistant to New Haven's Development Administrator to
bring jobs and federal assistance to Connecticut.

A graduate of Marymount College, where she received her B.A. with
honors, Rosa received her M.A. in International Politics from
Columbia University and studied at the London School of Economics.

Rosa is married to Stanley Greenberg, President of Greenberg-Lake,
Inc., a public issues research and polling firm. Their children --
Anna, Kathryn and Jonathon Greenburg -- are grown and pursuing
college and post-graduate education.