Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) todayapplauded the news that 3Derm Systems, LLC has been awarded a $150,000 grantfrom the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR) program. That money will be used to expand the field of dermatology inthe hopes of creating a method to earlier detect skin cancer.
Offers Amendment to Include Funding With DefenseAppropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), RankingMember on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (Labor-HHS-Education)Appropriations subcommittee today fought for a vote on funding for thoseagencies. She offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill thatwould have added funding for those departments to that legislation. Theamendment failed on a party line vote.
House Legislation Could Cause Nearly Two Million toLose Food Stamp Benefits
NEW HAVEN, CT—At a press conference today with Connecticutanti-hunger leaders, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) highlighted the impactof the proposed Farm Bill on hungry families in Connecticut and across thenation. The U.S. House of Representatives' version of that bill will be debatedby the full chamber as soon as next week.
Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act toRemedy Ongoing Discrimination
349 Students from 25 Schoolsacross the 3rd Congressional District Read At Least 20 Books Each
NEW HAVEN, CT –Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)celebrated 349 first graders from 25 schools across Connecticut's ThirdDistrict today. DeLauro, and the students' parents, recognized theirachievements in participating in the "Rosa's Readers" program. Thisyear's participants read a total of 9,066 books.
Deep, Indiscriminate Federal Cuts Hampering ScientificDiscoveries, Economy
First Step in Ensuring Consumers Have NeededInformation to Stay Safe
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) todayapplauded the proposed rule for labeling mechanically tenderized beef products.DeLauro is a former Chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding theUS Department of Agriculture (USDA). She is a longtime advocate for food safetystandards that protect and inform American consumers, and has made the safetyand transparency of mechanically tenderized beef a top priority.
"We Must Do Better"
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) todayannounced her opposition to legislation that would fund the US Department ofAgriculture and Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2014. DeLauro is aformer Chairwoman and current member of the subcommittee that considered thelegislation today and voted to move it to the full Appropriations Committee.
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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) hosted anevent today to raise awareness of domestic child trafficking. Attendees heardfrom advocates from the Human Rights Projects for Girls and Rights4Girls, aswell as former Representative Susan Molinari. Representatives Carolyn Maloney(D-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) co-hosted the event with DeLauro.Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was a featured speaker. Members of Congress inattendance signed the "Our Daughters are Not for Sale" proclamation (picturedbelow).
Would Deeply Harm Public Health and Safety, EconomicGrowth
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro took to the Housefloor today to decry the House Majority's insistence on cutting funding fromcritically important programs like Head Start and Meals on Wheels. She alsocalled on her colleagues to pass a responsible funding blueprint that ends thedeeply harmful, indiscriminate sequestration cuts.