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Blumenthal, DeLauro Call on FDA to Establish Standardized Front-of-Package Labeling System; Determine Daily Value for Added Sugars; Define Terms Commonly Used on Food Labels Including Whole Wheat, Natural, Healthy; Commit to Revamp the Ingredients Label; and Require Disclosure of Amount of Caffeine
NEW HAVEN, CT—In a visit to Milford’s Spectrum Associates, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) unveiled the Rosoboronexport Embargo Act of 2014. The bill would prohibit any federal government funds from going to the company that accounts for 80 percent of Russia’s arms exports.
House Leadership Sends Congress Home without Funding Critical Priorities
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today as the House Republican Leadership began the August District Work Period without even writing legislation funding critical labor, health and education programs. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the subcommittee responsible for writing that bill. The Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill is the only one of the 12 appropriations bills to not even be considered at the subcommittee level.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the supplemental appropriations bill before the House of Representatives. The bill provides $405 million toward increased law enforcement efforts to process unaccompanied children in immigration courts and just $197 million for providing shelter and care of these minors traveling alone. DeLauro is the Ranking Member on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) expressed great disappointment with today’s release of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) controversial proposed poultry inspection rule. The final rule is largely based on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP), which DeLauro and Slaughter have raised strong objections to previously.
Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability ActExpected To Pass Today
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today announcing her support for the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act. The bipartisan legislation is expected to pass the House of Representatives later this afternoon and the Senate later this week.
With A Number of Issues Awaiting Action, Delegation Again Calls on Leadership to Keep House in Session
WASHINGTON, DC – The entire Connecticut House Delegation released the following statement today as Speaker John Boehner attempts to push through a lawsuit against President Barack Obama in the final days before the August District Work Period:
SWEET Act Would Discourage Excessive Sugar in Beverages
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today introduced the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax (SWEET) Act to tackle the dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes by discouraging excessive sugar in beverages. The SWEET Act would institute a tax of 1 cent per teaspoon of caloric sweetener, such as sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.
Washington D.C. -- Representative Rosa DeLauro with Rep. Jim Moran and Rep. Adam Kinzinger introduced legislation to re-impose and expand sanctions against Rosoboronexport, Russia’s largest arms exporter, prohibiting the direct or indirect use of government funds to enter into contracts or agreements with the Russian company.
Bill Would Curb the Number of Contracts Going To Inverted Corporations
WASHINGTON, DC—Leading Democrats from both chambers of Congress—Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lloyd Doggett, and Senators Dick Durbin and Carl Levin—today introduced the No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act. The legislation would bar contracts from going to businesses that incorporate overseas, are majority-owned by shareholders of the old U.S. corporation, and do not have substantial business opportunities in the foreign country in which they are incorporating.