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February 6, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement following news from the Labor Department that in January the economy shed another 598,000jobs – the largest monthly job loss since the start of the recession in December of 2007. This brings the total payroll jobs lost to 3.6 million since the start of the recession.

February 5, 2009

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement on the Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships announced by President Barack Obama.

February 4, 2009

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement in response to proposals in Governor Jodi M. Rell's budget that would adversely impact Connecticut HUSKY participants.

February 4, 2009

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) joined President Barack Obama at the White House for the signing of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill (H.R. 2), which would reauthorize the popular program for the next four and a half years, through 2013.

February 4, 2009

Contact: Adriana Surfas (DeLauro) 202-225-3661 Rory Sheehan (Delahunt) 202-225-3111

January 30, 2009

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement on the announcement that the Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration will launch a criminal investigation into Peanut Corporation of America and its Blakely, Georgia plant, which has been tied to a Salmonella outbreak that has killed eight and sickened more than 500 people.

January 30, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Nearly 50 Catholic Members of Congress wrote to Pope Benedict XVI to urge his direct repudiation of Bishop Richard Williamson's public denial that the Holocaust occurred.

Below is the text of the letter.

January 29, 2009

His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI Apostolic Palace 00120, Vatican City State, Europe

January 30, 2009

Contact: Adriana Surfas (w/DeLauro) – 202-225-3661

Erica Chabot (w/Leahy) – 202-224-7703