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Stratford-made Helicopters Support Our Troops and CT workforce

WASHINGTON, DC—Amid rising gas prices, Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), David Cicilline (D-RI) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) today introduced legislation to curb excessive speculation in the oil markets, a contributor to inflated prices. The Energy Markets Emergency Act would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use their authority to stop excessive speculation in oil futures and swaps markets within two weeks. Speculators now control the majority of oil futures and swaps contracts.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act. The legislation was inspired by stories DeLauro and Brown heard from their constituents, as well as people across the nation, whose doctors were dropped from their Medicare Advantage plans in the middle of the year.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today applauding the agreement between Frontier Communications and the Communications Workers of America (CWA):

Bill Would Strengthen Existing Food Safety Laws to Ensure USDA Knows It Can Recall Products Contaminated with Dangerous Pathogens, Including Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

274 Students from 19 Schools across the 3^rd Congressional District Read At Least 20 Books Each

NEW HAVEN, CT–Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated 274 first graders from 19 schools across Connecticut’s Third District today. DeLauro, and the students’ parents, recognized their achievements in participating in the “Rosa’s Readers” program. This year’s participants read a total of 6,859 books.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today led 18 of her colleagues in calling for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to clarify labeling for organic meat, poultry and egg products produced without Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The representatives asked Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety Brian Ronholm to reconsider proposed language that would be confusing to consumers.

WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and 30 of her House colleagues today urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to change the way they handle disability claims for survivors of military sexual assault (MST). In a letter to Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson, DeLauro and her colleagues highlighted an independent report that found the VA is not treating all survivors of MST equally.