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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) wrote to Secretary Tom Vilsack at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to urge him to help reduce the public health threat posed by Salmonella by declaring the four most virulent strains of antibiotic resistant (ABR) Salmonella as ‘adulterants’.

WASHINGTON, DC—Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro and John Larson announced today that Community Renewal Team, Inc. (CRT) has received a $50,813 grant to support senior volunteer activities from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) will vote today against damaging Republican legislation that would inflict the most harm on those who can least afford it: low-income children. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Education. DeLauro spoke against the bill Wednesday on the floor of the House of Representatives. Her remarks are below and can be viewed here.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), at today’s Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, called for more support for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Administration for Community Living. Her opening remarks noted that SSA’s operating budget, in particular, has been cut by more than $1.2 billion since 2010, after adjusting for inflation.

The below remarks are as delivered at the hearing:

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today commended United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell for supporting a single food safety agency. DeLauro made her comments during meetings of the appropriations subcommittees responsible for funding the aforementioned departments. She is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding HHS and a former Chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding USDA.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today won a commitment from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack that he would suspend the Uniform Labeling Regulation so that the long-pending rule for labeling mechanically tenderized beef (MTB) products can finally be issued. DeLauro asked Secretary Vilsack to take this step in a letter sent last week.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) examined the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed 2016 budget with Secretary Sylvia Burwell today. Secretary Burwell testified before the subcommittee responsible for funding HHS today, on which DeLauro is the Senior Democrat, in Burwell’s first appearance before an Appropriations subcommittee.

In her opening remarks, DeLauro highlighted two areas:

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding President Obama’s expected update to rules protecting Americans’ retirement security. The change is expected to require financial advisers offering employer-sponsored benefit plans to act in the best interests of their clients.

“This is an important step toward greater retirement security for millions of Americans. People who are saving for old age rely on their retirement advisers to guide them through a complicated array of investment options.