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April 26, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2018) – Today, Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Linda Sánchez (CA-38) led a letter with 73 of their Democratic colleagues to President Trump in opposition to his recent Executive Order on poverty, which attacks our nation’s social safety net programs by making it harder for people to access basic services like healthcare, nutrition, and housing.
April 23, 2018
Press Release
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) led a letter with 61 of their colleagues urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to withdraw the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection proposed rule. The rule would allow an unlimited increase in swine slaughter line speeds, endangering workers’ safety, public health, and animal welfare.
April 20, 2018
Press Release
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update on the ongoing E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona region.
April 20, 2018
Press Release
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration will rescind a Department of Labor (DOL) policy that helps protect federal contractor workers from pay discrimination. Under current law, federal contractors are regularly reviewed by the Department for salary bias.
April 20, 2018
Press Release
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement in support of students participating in the National School Walkout.
April 19, 2018
Press Release
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today wrote a letter to the CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., telling them to clarify consumer advice related to the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce—which has resulted in 53 infections, including 31 hospitalizations, across 16 states.