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Calls on Republican Leadership to Repeal the Obligation

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the United States Postal Service (USPS)’s default of a $5.5 billion payment for retiree health benefits. The payment is required under a 2006 reform bill and is a major cause of the Postal Service’s precarious financial situation.

Estimated 637,900 Connecticut Women Will Benefit from Provision

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today applauded the beginning of a new phase under the Affordable Care Act. Starting today most health care plans will be required with their next renewal to provide free coverage of key women’s preventive services, such as domestic violence counseling and cancer screening.

Highlights Importance of Microbiological Data Program

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall of possibly contaminated cantaloupes. Samples of the fruit shipped to New York State and Maine from North Carolina tested positive for Listeria. The Microbiological Data Program (MDP) identified the contaminated melons, just weeks after Administration officials announced the program, which had been in danger of closing, will be funded through the end of the year.

Call for Action on Legislation to Aid Middle-Class, Working Families

Domenic Rotolo Served as Radio Operator in the Pacific

Stratford, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) recently honored World War II veteran and Stratford resident Domenic Rotolo with the medals he never received for his wartime service. Rotolo served in the Army from May 1943 to January 1946 and was stationed in the Pacific as a radio operator.

Middletown Company is Adding Jobs, Expanding into Exports

Middletown, CT—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) visited Test Logic, Inc. in Middletown today to highlight the importance of manufacturing to Connecticut’s economic growth.

Report Sheds Light on GOP Funding Bill That Will Never Get Full Airing

Would Improve Air Quality, Public Health

WASHINGTON, DC—Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro and John Larson introduced legislation today to reduce the levels of sulfur in heating oil. Home heating oil, used by nearly 7.5 million households (and nearly 50 percent of Connecticut households), is remarkably similar to diesel fuel, with one exception—the higher concentration of sulfur in home heating oil, as much as 130 times higher. Lowering those sulfur levels will cut down on harmful emissions in the air, benefitting public health.