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WASHINGTON, DC--The Democratic members of the House of Representatives Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education Appropriations Subcommittee today called on Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) to direct Subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (R-GA) to immediately hold a hearing on the detrimental effect of cuts to our public health infrastructure. Since October 7, the Democratic members of the subcommittee have twice called on Kingston to hold such a hearing.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today led 15 members of the House of Representatives in questioning the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s controversial poultry slaughter regulation.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the news a possible Ebola case at Yale-New Haven Hospital has come back negative in preliminary tests. Further tests will be done tomorrow to confirm that initial result.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement marking World Food Day, which is observed on October 16 as a day of action against hunger. The 2014 theme of World Food Day is “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth,” as 2014 is also the International Year of Family Farming.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today on the unconfirmed Ebola case at Yale-New Haven Hospital. DeLauro has been in contact with officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, and attended a press briefing on the situation.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Connecticut’s Congressional delegation joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy today in applauding news that Workforce Alliance Inc. and Capital Workforce Partners have received Ready To Work grants from the U.S. Department of Labor. Workforce Alliance, and their partner the Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board (EWIB), has been awarded $5,490,000 and Capital Workforce Partners $6,695,685.

HARTFORD –Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman John Larson (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released $77,288,422 of block grant funding for Connecticut’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) today announced that the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education has been awarded two grants worth a maximum of $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support its ongoing efforts to improve programs for gifted and talented students nationwide.