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Rosa L. DeLauro

DemocratRosa L. DeLauro

U.S. Representative · Connecticut

Connecticut's 3rd district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from Connecticut

4 tracked promises, 3 rated

Connecticut · Connecticut's 3rd district

Connecticut's 3rd district

Their congressional district

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88/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
88
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+75) to 0–100, aggregated from 3 rated promises. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 3 rated promises they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
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How they won their seat

Rosa L. Delauro won the 2024 U.S. House election in Connecticut (District 3) with 58.9% of the vote (193,684 votes).

58.9%
Win share
193,684
Votes for winner
328,923
Total cast
  • Rosa L. Delauro · Democrat58.9%
  • Michael Massey · Republican39.6%
  • Independent · Na1.5%
  • 2 Other Candidates0%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Rosa L. DeLauro's record includes sponsored bills related to labor rights, child welfare, and food safety. She has sponsored multiple bills aimed at improving labor conditions, such as the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, as well as initiatives to support families, including the American Family Act and the FAMILY Act for paid family leave. Additionally, she has sponsored legislation related to food safety, including the Federal Food Administration Act. Focus areas (from the record): Labor Rights · Child Welfare · Food Safety · Healthcare · Family Support Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. DeLauro has sponsored bills that reflect her declared positions on labor rights, child poverty, and food safety. For instance, she has sponsored the FAMILY Act and the American Family Act, which are related to her stated goals of creating paid family leave and expanding the Child Tax Credit. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes is not clear; There are no statements on file to provide insight into her public communication or rationale for her actions; The impact of campaign finance sources on her legislative priorities cannot be determined from the available record. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Rosa L. DeLauro has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Rosa L. DeLauro has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
013263952VotesJan '26: 25 YeaJan '26: 21 NayJan '26Feb '26: 13 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 12 YeaMar '26: 18 NayMar '26Apr '26: 23 YeaApr '26: 23 NayApr '26May '26: 21 YeaMay '26: 15 NayMay '26Jun '26: 24 YeaJun '26: 17 NayJun '26Jul '26: 14 YeaJul '26: 36 NayJul '26Aug '26: 2 YeaAug '26: 0 NayAug '26Sep '26: 3 YeaSep '26: 7 NaySep '26Jan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 50 totalAug '26: 2 totalSep '26: 10 total
Measures voted on:211 passed83 failed

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

98.6%
attendance
290 of 294 roll calls4 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Sep 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

13bills sponsored
13 pending
05101520Bills2026: 13 pending132026

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Independence

2%
Votes against own party
7 of 290 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 13 sponsored bills became law
13 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$1.1M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2026: raised $1.1M2026: spent $1.2M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $53K (5%)Large individual (itemized): $503K (44%)44%PAC / committee: $584K (51%)51%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$53K5%
  • Large individual (itemized)$503K44%
  • PAC / committee$584K51%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+75 · based on 3 rated promises

  • Championed 3

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 3 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202675
Jul 202675
Jul 202675
Jan 202775 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

3 tracked
  • Kept3
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
0123Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 1— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

4 promises across 4 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Child Tax Credit / Child Poverty1
  • Equal Pay / Labor1
  • Food Safety1
  • Paid Family and Medical Leave1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)4100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
30
40
54

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

4 tracked promises

Championedhigh confidence

Enact the American Family Act to permanently expand and improve the Child Tax Credit, restoring the 2021 monthly credit of $300 per month ($3,600/year) for each child under 6 and $250 per month ($3,000/year) for each child ages 6-17, paid in monthly installments and fully refundable.

Child Tax Credit / Child PovertySpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2024
SourcesThe Connecticut MirrorU.S. House of Representatives (Office of Rep. Suzan DelBene)· archivedCongress.gov / Library of Congress (H.R.2763 - American Family Act, 119th Congress)· archivedOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archivedOffice of Congressman Ritchie Torres (co-sponsor)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Enact the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender wage gap by ending pay-secrecy policies, holding employers accountable for discriminatory pay practices, making it easier for workers to challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening remedies for affected employees.

Equal Pay / LaborSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2023
SourcesWikipediaU.S. Senate HELP Committee· archivedU.S. Congress / GPO official bill text (H.R. 17, 118th Congress)· archivedOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Create a permanent national paid family and medical leave program by enacting the FAMILY Act, guaranteeing all workers up to 12 weeks of leave with up to 66% wage replacement, available regardless of employer size, part-time status, or self-employment.

Paid Family and Medical LeaveSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2021
SourcesOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archivedWikipediaNational Partnership for Women & FamiliesNational Partnership for Women & FamiliesOffice of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (co-sponsor)· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archived
Not yet rated

Establish a single, independent federal food safety agency with a Senate-confirmed Commissioner by enacting the Federal Food Administration Act, consolidating the food-safety functions now split across the FDA and USDA into one agency dedicated to food safety.

Food SafetySpecific · measurablePromised Dec 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (co-sponsor)· archivedOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archived

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
277
Nay
370
Present
1
Not voting
7

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
Page 1 / 33

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

5 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Food SafetyStated position

    Establish a single, independent federal food safety agency with a Senate-confirmed Commissioner by enacting the Federal Food Administration Act, consolidating the food-safety functions now split across the FDA and USDA into one agency dedicated to food safety.

    SourcesOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (co-sponsor)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.

    SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.
    View position & sources
  • Child Tax Credit / Child PovertyStated position

    Enact the American Family Act to permanently expand and improve the Child Tax Credit, restoring the 2021 monthly credit of $300 per month ($3,600/year) for each child under 6 and $250 per month ($3,000/year) for each child ages 6-17, paid in monthly installments and fully refundable.

    SourcesThe Connecticut MirrorOffice of Congressman Ritchie Torres (co-sponsor)· archivedOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Equal Pay / LaborStated position

    Enact the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender wage gap by ending pay-secrecy policies, holding employers accountable for discriminatory pay practices, making it easier for workers to challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening remedies for affected employees.

    SourcesU.S. Senate HELP Committee· archivedOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Paid Family and Medical LeaveStated position

    Create a permanent national paid family and medical leave program by enacting the FAMILY Act, guaranteeing all workers up to 12 weeks of leave with up to 66% wage replacement, available regardless of employer size, part-time status, or self-employment.

    SourcesOffice of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (co-sponsor)· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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