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Rep. Hayes: Protect Patients & Stop Wasting Taxpayer Dollars
The Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act, introduced today by Congresswoman Hayes, saves taxpayer money by eliminating the Division, which was created to enforce a refusal of care rule that would jeopardize access to medical services, including abortion and gender affirmation surgery among others. -
Rep. Hayes Statement on Maggie O'Leary
United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement after Maggie O’Leary, daughter of Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary, and a former Hayes intern, was injured in a car accident in Florida. -
Rep. Hayes Votes to Implement More Stringent PFAS Standards
This critical legislation requires the Environmental Protection Agency to designate all PFAS as hazardous, prohibits the development of new PFAS, and specifically establishes a new contamination safety standard. The bill passed the House of Representatives 247 to 159. -
Rep. Hayes Statement on Qassem Suleimani
United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement after the United States of America launched a military strike last night, killing Qassem Suleimani, a key leader of Iranian intelligence forces. -
Rep. Hayes, Senator Booker Introduce Legislation Supporting Student Childcare
United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 5475, the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers (PROSPECT) Act. This important legislation would invest heavily in federal grants supporting childcare for student-parents at community colleges and Minority Serving Institutions (MSI’s).
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Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted in support of the National Apprenticeship Act Reauthorization of 2020, a bill investing more than $3.5 billion to create 1 million new Registered Apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeship positions over the next five years.
Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Save Education Jobs Act of 2020, legislation to save nearly 4 million education jobs, spur economic growth in the midst of an economic crisis, and help mitigate the impacts of students’ learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Legislation introduced by Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) to strengthen mental health care for veterans was signed into law by the President of the United States.