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WATERBURY, CT—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) today announced a $1,706,025 Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) to Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) to support manufacturing training. The grant is part of $15 million awarded to a consortium of 13 Connecticut colleges to expand the Connecticut Advanced Manufacturing Initiative (CAMI) from four community colleges to 13 community colleges, plus Charter Oak State College.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Highlight Resources on Last Day of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Steve Israel (D-NY) today marked the close of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month by highlighting the need for this disease to stay in the consciousness all year long. DeLauro and Israel annually introduce a resolution urging designation of September as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

State Approved for $15 Million Federal Grant to Expand Manufacturing Programs at Community Colleges

(Hartford, CT) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson, Connecticut Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) and the Hamden Economic Development Corporation announced today a $1.5 million federal Economic Development Administration grant to rehab the former Newhall Community Center into a 40,000-square-foot business incubator, providing vital support, resources and services to local start-ups and new small businesses.

The Newhall Community Center has been closed since 2002.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senator Chris Murphy today joined Connecticut hourly workers, labor unions and other organizations fighting for fair scheduling practices to discuss the Schedules That Work Act. The bill was introduced by DeLauro in July to establish fair and reasonable workplace scheduling practices. Murphy is a cosponsor of the Senate version of the bill.

NEW HAVEN, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Senator Richard Blumenthal today announced they have introduced the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area Study Act, which is the first step towards designating the area as a National Heritage Area.

"I support the President's air strikes and commend him for putting together this coalition, which includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. With their barbaric attacks against journalists, women, children, and other innocent civilians, ISIL is a terrorist group. If left unchecked, they have the potential to be a threat to our homeland.