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October 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC--The Democratic members of the House of Representatives Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education Appropriations Subcommittee today called on Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) to direct Subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (R-GA) to immediately hold a hearing on the detrimental effect of cuts to our public health infrastructure.

October 17, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today led 15 members of the House of Representatives in questioning the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s controversial poultry slaughter regulation.

October 16, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the news a possible Ebola case at Yale-New Haven Hospital has come back negative in preliminary tests. Further tests will be done tomorrow to confirm that initial result.

October 16, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement marking World Food Day, which is observed on October 16 as a day of action against hunger. The 2014 theme of World Food Day is “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth,” as 2014 is also the International Year of Family Farming.

October 16, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the unconfirmed Ebola case at Yale-New Haven Hospital. DeLauro has been in contact with officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, and attended a press briefing on the situation.

October 15, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Connecticut’s Congressional delegation joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy today in applauding news that Workforce Alliance Inc. and Capital Workforce Partners have received Ready To Work grants from the U.S. Department of Labor.

October 15, 2014

HARTFORD –Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) announced that the U.S.

October 15, 2014

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) today announced that the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education has been awarded two grants worth a maximum of $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support its ongoing efforts to improve programs for gifted and talented students nationwide.

October 15, 2014

Sent Request to Subcommittee Chairman Over One Week Ago

October 14, 2014

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today welcomed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administration Gina McCarthy back to Connecticut. McCarthy formerly served as Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection, the precursor to the current Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.