Jahana Hayes represents Connecticut’s 5th District in the United States House of Representatives. The district spans northwest and central Connecticut and includes Danbury, Litchfield County, the Farmington Valley, the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, and her hometown of Waterbury. She serves on committees of Education and Labor, and Agriculture where she is the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.
Congresswoman Hayes was active in the negotiations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and has consistently championed investments in public school infrastructure, which lead to nearly $550 billion in funds eligible for school infrastructure improvements in COVID-19 response packages. Connecticut received $3.5 billion for federal highway programs, $561 million for bridge replacement, $1.3 billion for public transportation, $53 million for electric vehicle chargers and infrastructure, $100 million to improve broadband coverage, $445 million for water infrastructure and $62 million for airports through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan.