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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) led 12 of their colleagues in calling for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to stop using inaccurate data while making their case for future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today won approval of a ban on contracts by the Department of Energy or Army Corps of Engineers with corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands. The proposal was offered as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The final vote on the amendment was 221-200. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill tonight.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) today renewed their call for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to halt operations at Foster Farms processing plants involved in the ongoing Salmonella Heidelberg recall until the source of the contamination is identified and eliminated. The Salmonella outbreak has sickened over 600 people in 29 states.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today announced her support for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize critical job training programs. DeLauro spoke on the House floor to urge her colleagues to vote for the bill. Her remarks as delivered are below and video can be found here.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) is an original co-sponsor of legislation responding to the Supreme Court’s decisions in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell. The Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014 would prohibit for-profit employers who maintain group health plans for their employees from using religious beliefs to deny employees coverage of any vital health service required by federal law.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) today issued the following statement calling on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to shut down all Foster Farms poultry processing facilities until a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 600 people in 29 states is stopped. Late Thursday night, before the July 4^th holiday weekend, USDA announced Foster Farms had issued a voluntary recall for its chicken products.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the Supreme Court’s decisions in the cases of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation v. Burwell. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Health and Human Services.

WASHINGTON, DC – For the second consecutive Congress, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has introduced legislation to help end the preventable medical condition of obstetric fistula. Women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected with this result of prolonged, obstructed childbirth. More than two million victims live with the devastating physical and social consequences, with 50,000-100,000 new cases annually.