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WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and George Miller (D-CA) today led a group of 28 Members of Congress calling on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish a revised poultry slaughter rule, open a new public comment period on the rule and solicit public comments on the revision. The draft final rule was sent from USDA to the Office of Management and Budget last week.

One of 66 National Winners

NEW HAVEN, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), joined by Artspace Executive Director Helen Kauder, today announced the New Haven non-profit has won an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Artspace was one of 66 winners nationwide and will receive up to $50,000 to support the expansion of the annual City-Wide Open Studios Festival.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Xavier Becerra, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it would continue providing benefit verification letters to Social S

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s proposed rule that would require raw ground beef makers to keep records on where that beef comes from. This will ensure that in the event of a foodborne illness outbreak investigators can trace meat back to its source, speeding up the recall process.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today applauding Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s stand against corporate tax dodgers. Last night Lew urged Congress to end mergers in which a company incorporated in America buys a foreign company and moves their operations abroad to avoid paying taxes, commonly called inversions.

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Congressional delegation today announced a $1.2 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Recruitment and Retention grant for the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association to help recruit and retain local volunteer firefighters. The funds will help support 15 local departments over a two-year period through marketing campaigns, mentoring programs, technology, planning, media assistance, and leadership training.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today continued to their quest to ensure the federal government no longer awards contracts to corporate tax dodgers. The representatives won approval of an amendment banning contracts by any federal government entity with corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands.

WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation asked the United States Postal Service (USPS) for a full assessment of its consolidation plan’s impact on employees in Connecticut. The USPS’s plan – which consolidates a number of postal processing facilities, and delays mail delivery and costs jobs in order to cut operating costs – affects the processing and distribution centers in Wallingford, Stamford, and Hartford. The USPS is planning to resume this plan which began in 2012.