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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today applauded the news that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) exempted the mechanically tenderized beef rule (MTB) from the Uniform Labeling Regulation and issued the final MTB rule today.

WASHINGTON, DC –Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), two of the leading food safety advocates in Congress, today reintroduced the Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act, which would strengthen the ability of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to keep Americans safe from contaminated meat, poultry, and eggs.

Statement on President’s Speech at Nike

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on President Obama’s speech at Nike:

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), with Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn-3) today issued a joint statement on the amendment to include New Haven County, Connecticut in the federal disaster declaration issued by President Obama in April. This declaration resulted in the release of federal funds to help Connecticut communities recover from damages incurred from the January blizzard, action requested by the Connecticut Congressional Delegation in a letter to the President earlier that month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement today, as Guilford resident Tom Gray and his family joined local veterans and community members to celebrate the Pentagon’s recent announcement that the remains of up to 388 sailors and Marines who lost their lives aboard the USS Oklahoma during the attack in 1941 will be exhumed and returned to their families back home.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)’s announcement of proposed changes to improve both humane handling and food safety inspections at facilities that produce veal meat. DeLauro, a former chair of the subcommittee responsible for funding USDA, has fought for these changes for over a decade.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 62 Members of Congress in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to oppose recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that would make it more difficult for women to receive annual breast cancer screenings.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) today led 43 members of Congress in expressing support for the Administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terror List. The letter to President Obama can be read in its entirety here.