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March 17, 2017
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25) today wrote to HHS and USDA urging increased collaboration and oversight to reduce the inappropriate use of medically important antibiotics in food animal production.
March 16, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding information received on President Trump’s 2018 budget. DeLauro is the Senior Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
March 15, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in writing to the Environmental Protection Agency, urging Administrator Scott Pruitt to oppose cuts to the EPA’s Long Island Sound geographic program for Fiscal Year 2018.
March 15, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging the agency to reverse its policy of withholding the names and locations of stores and schools where recalled food products are sold.
March 15, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today reintroduced the Healthy Families Act, legislation that would allow workers to earn paid sick leave to use when they are sick, to care for a loved one, to obtain preventative care, or to address the impacts of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault.
March 13, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that 14 million Americans will lose coverage in 2018, and 24 million will lose coverage by 2026, if the Republican’s American Health Care Act is enacted.
March 10, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding news that President Trump has nominated Scott Gottlieb as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DeLauro is a senior member of the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the FDA.
March 10, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding news that a Connecticut resident has died in connection with a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes tied to cheese.
March 9, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the American Society of Civil Engineers’ American Infrastructure Report Card, which this year gave the United States a D+ score for the nation’s infrastructure.
March 8, 2017
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today spoke at the Women Workers Rising rally outside of the U.S. Department of Labor to celebrate International Women’s Day.