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Lawmakers Want Brunei’s Human Rights Violations to be Addressed

Chef Tom Colicchio and parents with the FED UP campaign joined the call for healthy school lunches

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today successfully secured a ban on contracts with the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development from going to corporations that were incorporated in the United States, but have been reincorporated in the tax havens of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today voted for legislation funding the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015. That bill, approved by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, contains an amendment authored by DeLauro that strengthens the ban on Defense Department (DOD) contracts with Rosoboronexport. DeLauro’s amendment was approved by a voice vote.

Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act to Remedy Ongoing Discrimination

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated today’s 51st anniversary of the Equal Pay Act by calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act is a key part of “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families,” which DeLauro and her Democratic colleagues introduced last July.

FRANCE—Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro and John Larson released the following statement today applauding the creation of the justice AmeriCorps program. The program will provide cost effective legal representation to unaccompanied minors who come to America alone after being victims of abuse and/or human trafficking.

DeLauro Is Part of Congressional Delegation in Normandy

NORMANDY, FRANCE—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today marking the 70^th anniversary of D-Day. DeLauro is currently in Normandy, France as part of the official Congressional Delegation to the anniversary ceremonies. While in Normandy, DeLauro is meeting with Hamden resident Joseph Myjak, who fought in the D-Day battle and is also there to mark the anniversary.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), former chairwoman of the subcommittee responsible for funding the US Agriculture Department (USDA), released the following statement today commending USDA for requiring pork producers to report cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) and ensuring funds to combat the disease. The fast-spreading virus has killed nearly seven million pigs and piglets, an estimated 10 percent of the U.S. pig population.