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Washington, DC— Representatives RosaDeLauro (CT-3) and Lois Capps (CA-23) applauded a new report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) advocating that contraception services, supplies education and counseling be included in the comprehensivepreventive care guidelines under the Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act (ACA).

Washington, DC— Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Chris Murphy (CT-5) announced a $160,866 Housing and Urban Development- Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) award to the Waterbury Housing Association today.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following remarks on the Floor of the United States House of Representatives today during the debate on the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act.

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Washington, DC—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement by Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) that it will begin testing for an additional six strains of E. coli currently not required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Introduce legislation to prevent discrimination against unemployed workers

New Haven, CT— Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Hank Johnson (GA-4) introduced the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 today, which would prohibit employers and employment agencies from discriminating against unemployed job-seekers by refusing to consider them for employment.

New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Wallingford Mayor William Dickinson, representatives from theU.S. Department of Commerce, and the leaders of I2S, a Wallingford-based manufacturer, announced a $23 million dollar export deal today.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the eighth annual F as in Fat report.

Defense Appropriations bill also includes Sikorsky and Pratt contracts

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, voted in support of the final passage of the FY 2012 Defense Appropriations Bill today, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 336- 87.