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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.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC--Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and George Miller (D-CA) released the following statement today responding to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s speech at the Global Business Dialogue. In his speech, Chairman Camp called for congressional approval of outdated “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), on which the three representatives have led the opposition.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Matt Cartwright (PA-17) introduced the Vegetables Are Really Important Eating Tools for You (VARIETY) Act in order to expand the Healthy Incentives Pilot (HIP) to the entirety of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP.

Washington – Today, Congressman John B. Larson, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Congressman Joe Courtney, Congressman Jim Himes and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty released a letter sent this week to U.S. Senate Leadership urging the confirmation of Commissioner Linda Schwartz as the Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Policy and Planning. In their letter, the Members address the vital need for qualified leadership at the Veteran Affairs Department in the wake of recently reported misconduct.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lloyd Doggett today proposed a ban on Pentagon contracts with corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. The proposal was offered as an amendment to the 2015 Department of Defense funding bill and was accepted by voice vote. They offered a similar amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill, which was included in the version passed by the House of Representatives last week.