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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) issued thefollowing statement after her amendmentto stop Pentagon contracts with the Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport wasmade part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment passed by avote of 423-0.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)announced today that Connecticut's Teach for America, headquartered in NewHaven, has received a $168,800 AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation forNational and Community Service (CNCS).

The grant will support 211 AmeriCorps members who will serveas new, full-time teachers for two years in low-income schools. The schools arelocated in Bridgeport, Stamford, Hartford, New Haven and Windham.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) issued thefollowing statement today marking the six month anniversary of the tragicshooting in Newtown, Connecticut:

"Six months later, our hearts still ache for the six adultsand twenty children murdered in cold blood. A small-town community wasdevastated, yet those families who lost loved ones are still waiting forCongress to act. That is shameful.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ChelliePingree (D-ME) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) announced today that their amendmentensuring military victims of sexual assault have access to accurate recordswill be part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill isexpected to pass the House of Representatives later this morning.

Offers Amendments on Breastfeeding, FinancialOversight, China-Smithfield Sale

WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Kay Grangerannounced today they are offering an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 NationalDefense Authorization Act (NDAA) being debated by the House ofRepresentatives. The amendment would strengthen the current prohibition on U.S.defense contracts with the Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport, which alsosupplies arms to the Syrian regime.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) todayapplauded the news that 3Derm Systems, LLC has been awarded a $150,000 grantfrom the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR) program. That money will be used to expand the field of dermatology inthe hopes of creating a method to earlier detect skin cancer.

Offers Amendment to Include Funding With DefenseAppropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), RankingMember on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (Labor-HHS-Education)Appropriations subcommittee today fought for a vote on funding for thoseagencies. She offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill thatwould have added funding for those departments to that legislation. Theamendment failed on a party line vote.