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NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today unveiled legislation inspired by the plight of veterans at the Seacrest and HighVue retirement homes. The Veterans Residential Care Choice Act would allow the Veterans Administration (VA) to pay for eligible veterans to live at residential care facilities, such as Seacrest and HighVue.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Small Business Administration (SBA) Regional Administrator Seth Goodall today met with and congratulated Kate Hughes, owner of Perk on Main and Perk on Church, and the SBA’s Connecticut Woman-Owned Small Business Person of the Year.

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today decried the funding allocation for labor, health and education programs. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. The Republican Majority is cutting over $3.7 billion from programs under that subcommittee’s jurisdiction.

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation announced today $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the expansion and renovation of the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown. The grant will fund the construction of roads, landscaping and infrastructure over three acres, and will accommodate respectful storage of 3,000 additional cinerary urns.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) joined second graders at New Haven’s Barnard Environmental Studies School this morning to celebrate Earth Day. They worked on “waking up” one of the school’s courtyard gardens for spring planting, which involves weeding and cleaning the garden before planting vegetables, fruits, spices and flowers.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today joined Connecticut labor, environmental, faith and business leaders to talk about the damage Fast Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would have on Connecticut families.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the decision to pay for part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation introduced Friday by cutting the Child Tax Credit.