* In
1997 Rosa DeLauro was one of 33
original co-sponsors
of the Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act which was introduced
into Congress by California Rep. Matthew Martinez. This emergency
federal jobs legislation, supported
by the New York State Communist Party, was designed to create jobs at
union wages in financially foundering cities by putting the unemployed to work
on infrastructure projects such as rebuilding schools, housing,
hospitals, libraries, public transportation, highways, and parks.
Rep. Martinez had already introduced a version of this bill in the previous
Congress at the the request of the Los Angeles Labor Coalition for
Public Works Jobs, whose leaders were supporters
or members of the Communist
Party USA.
* In
2010 DeLauro spoke
at a Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans celebration commemorating the
75th
anniversary of Social Security. The event was held at the New Haven
People's Center, which is run
by the
Communist Party USA. In her remarks, DeLauro criticized
attempts to privatize or limit Social Security, warning that such a measure would cause millions
of people to fall into poverty.
