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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following statement today on news the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) isproposing new standards and labeling for tanning lamps. DeLauro, a former chairof the subcommittee that funds the FDA, has long fought to ensure consumershave information about the dangers of indoor tanning. More information on theproposed FDA standards can be found ontheir website.
Legislation Comes on Heels of Georgetown ReportCommending CT Reforms
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) isintroducing legislation today that would encourage the juvenile justice systemto better respond to the unique problems facing young girls in the system. The Improvingthe Juvenile Justice System for Girls Act of 2013 creates a grant categorythat states could apply for to help support gender-specific programs for girlsin the justice system.
NEW HAVEN, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) metwith police chiefs from the Third Congressional District today to discuss someof the critical issues facing law enforcement. The group focused theirdiscussion on the budget, especially the deeply harmful, indiscriminate cutsknown as sequestration. Robert Zaretsky, Regional Administrator for the GeneralServices Administrations (GSA) was also present to talk about how GSA can helplocal departments save money.
NEW HAVEN, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that Rachel Knight from New Haven is the winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition. For the next year her piece will represent the Third Congressional District of Connecticut in the United States Capitol. Rachel is a student at the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven.
Calls for Greater Focus On, More Resources for MentalHealth Care
NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) was thekeynote speaker for today's 19th Birmingham Health Care (BHcare)Employment Tribute. Every year BHcare honors an employer who hires individualswith significant disabilities and an employee who has received their services.
NEW HAVEN, CT — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) todayparticipated in a demonstration at the University of New Haven (UNH) on theuniversity's capabilities to bridge the major gap in research and data analysison firearms violence. Ted Alcorn, research director of Mayors Against IllegalGuns and senior policy analyst for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, alsoparticipated.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following statement today on new findings by ConsumerReports detailing bacterial contamination of ground turkey sold in grocerystores across the country. The report also found that much of the bacteria weredrug-resistant.
Continue To Call For Congress to Fix All of the DeeplyHarmful Sequester Cuts
Hundreds of Middle Class Jobs Will Be Lost
WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) releasedthe following statement on United States Postal Service (USPS)'s officialnotice that they will close the Wallingford Processing Center in September. Theclosure is expected to cost over 360 employees their job. The closure wasoriginally scheduled for February 2014.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following statement today calling on Congress to fix the deeplyharmful, across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.