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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding an audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Preliminary findings show that the FDA does not have an efficient and effective food recall initiation process to help ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply.

This week, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) joined a bipartisan group of 146 Members of Congress in calling on Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to lift the de-facto ban on federal gun violence research.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding Speaker Paul Ryan’s recommendations to address poverty. The recommendations were developed by a Republican task force on poverty and will be released tomorrow, June 7.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor will receive a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand apprenticeship programs in the state. The funding is distributed through the ApprenticeshipUSA State Accelerator Grant program, which DeLauro fought to have funded in last year’s omnibus bill.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft, voluntary guidance to industry that will help food manufacturers and restaurants meet short- and long-term sodium targets for a number of foods.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today commends the United States Senate for passing S. Res. 462, a Resolution urging the United States Soccer Federation to eliminate gender pay inequity, and calls on the House of Representatives to pass its companion immediately.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today spoke on the House floor regarding the urgent need for Congress to pass the Administration’s $1.9 billion request to respond to the Zika virus. DeLauro noted that one third of that request, which is what House Republicans have proposed, is not adequate.

Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report on the occupational hazards faced by workers in the poultry and meatpacking industries.