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NEW HAVEN, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today urged communities across Connecticut to support holiday toy drive in their cities and towns. Today she made a donation to the Milford Fire Department’s annual holiday toy drive and toured one of their drop-off locations. DeLauro was joined by Lieutenant Jason Hall, one of the toy drive’s co-chairs.

(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Joe Courtney (D-CT-2), and Jim Himes (D-CT-4) announced $7,532,001 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program for the restoration, protection, and maintenance of flood plains in Connecticut affected by Hurricane Sandy, as well as areas at risk for storm flooding in the future.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the new Pew Charitable Trusts report Salmonella Regulation: How two recent outbreaks illustrate a failure to protect public health and the Consumer Reports’ article The High Cost of Cheap Chicken. DeLauro is a longtime champion for food safety and public health.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today heard from Connecticut residents who are facing the imminent expiration of federal emergency unemployment compensation, or have recently lost benefits. DeLauro had repeatedly called for an extension of those benefits to be included in the budget deal passed by the House of Representatives last week. Unfortunately, Republican leadership decided not to do so, cutting off a vital lifeline for millions of people.

NEW HAVEN, CT—Fourteen bipartisan members of the House of Representatives today called on their colleagues to ensure unsafe chicken from China does not make its way to US shelves. Their letter asks that the 2014 Agriculture Department (USDA) funding bill ensure Chinese-processed chicken is kept out of the school lunch and other child nutrition programs. It also asks that the bill prevent poultry slaughtered in China from being exported to the US.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. The anniversary is tomorrow, December 14.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) led a group of 49 members of the House of Representatives today urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve its training, oversight, transparency and record keeping when dealing with military sexual trauma (MST)-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) compensation claims. A recent report found that the VA discriminates against thousands of MST-related PTSD survivors annually.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Ken Calvert (D-CA) led a bipartisan group of 74 representatives today voicing support for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program. Recent reports have indicated the program is at risk due to arbitrary budget decisions.