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February 13, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – After spending several days reviewing the hundreds of pages and programmatic funding proposals in the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-5) sharply condemned the malign document that seeks to inflict devastating cuts to consequential programs for all Americans.

February 7, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted in favor of House Resolution 826 to disapprove of the Trump Administration’s proposed Medicaid block grant plan.

February 7, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted in support of H.R.

February 7, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bold proposal that strengthens workers’ power to organize and collectively bargain.

February 4, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-5) announced today that Newtown resident Bridget Sclafani will join her as a guest to the State of the Union on February 4, 2020. Congresswoman Hayes met Bridget at a Congressional Update and was moved by her story and her courage to fight for families in similar circumstances. Bridget lost her husband, Paul, to brain cancer in 2018.

January 31, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – This week, United State Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) unveiled House Democrats’ new framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment that would create an estimated 10 million jobs addressing some of the country’s most urgent infrastructure needs, from the mas

January 16, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced H.R. 5626, the Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act. This important legislation eliminates the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division (CRFD) established by the Administration in 2018 in the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

January 15, 2020 Press Release

WATERBURY, Conn. – Today, 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. 

January 10, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, United States Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) voted to pass H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act of 2019. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals are known to cause certain types of cancer and can adversely impact the development of babies and young children.

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January 3, 2020 Press Release

WATERBURY, Conn. – Today, 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.

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