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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03),and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) applauded a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) this week introduced the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, which would guarantee a minimum hospital stay of 48 hours for a woman having a mastectomy or lumpectomy. DeLauro introduced the bill, which currently has 38 original cosponsors, during National Women’s Health Week.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Co-Chair of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, today joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats to hold a hearing on ‘The Zika Public Health Crisis: The Urgent Need for the President’s Emergency Funding Request.’

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led Members of the House of Representatives in calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to continue its increased focus on occupational hazards faced by poultry processing and meatpacking workers.

The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today applauded $1,053,800 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support several projects in Hartford, Farmington, New Haven, East Haddam, Bridgeport, and Westport.

In comments filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, the four original co-sponsors of the Food Labeling Modernization Act urged the agency to finalize a new rule clarifying the use of “natural” on food labeling.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement ahead of Mother’s Day.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to demand that the agency shut down a Dole plant in Springfield, Ohio that is the source of a Listeria outbreak that killed four people and sickened dozens more.