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(Hartford,CT) -- U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Senator Chris Murphy(D-Conn.), Congressman John Larson (D-1) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3)announced today the awards of three federal fire Operations and Safety (OP &S) Grants through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant programsadministered by FEMA. These grants will help improve the safety and operationsof firefighters and first responders in Seymour, Middletown and East Hartford.

Calls for Increased Emphasis on Manufacturing

NEW HAVEN, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) todayvisited Bartron Medical Imaging, touring the facility and visiting withemployees. Bartron is a bio-science technology manufacturing company that makesproducts to improve medical imaging technology.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following statement today after voting against a Republican billeffectively shutting down the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB.

WASHINGTON, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)reintroduced the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act today,with the support of 74 members of Congress. First introduced by DeLauro in1996, this legislation would ensure that the decision of when to leave thehospital after a lumpectomy or mastectomy is made by a woman and her healthcare provider. Currently women can be forced out sooner, even just hours aftertheir procedure, in what is commonly referred to as a ‘drive-throughmastectomy.'

$8.6 Million Would Go Towards Badly Needed HarborMaintenance

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following comments in response to a report from the Office of the InspectorGeneral (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services that found thevast majority of hospitals that use high-risk compounded sterile preparationsoutsource the production of some of those products. This report comes in thewake of last year's recall of compounded drugs that caused a nationwide fungalmeningitis outbreak.

Discusses Administration's Budget with SecretaryDuncan

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), RankingMember on the Labor, Education, Health and Human Services AppropriationsSubcommittee, today called for greater federal investment in education. Herremarks took place at the Subcommittee's hearing on the 2014 Department ofEducation budget, with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Decision Will Help Students in New Haven, Hartford,Nationwide