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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, along with 40 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives, sent a letter to President Obama today asking him to not to seek advice on corporate tax reform from the heads of multinational corporations that pursue strategies to avoid U.S. taxes.
Miller, DeLauro Condemn GOP Attacks on Pell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of students in every Congressional district will use a Pell Grant to help pay for college in the upcoming school year, according to new data released today. Under the Democratic majority, the Pell Grant increased to its highest level ever. Beginning in 2014, the grant will keep up with rising costs-of-living being indexed to the Consumer Price Index. In U.S. Rep. George Miller’s (D-CA) district, 17,197 are expected to receive a Pell Grant in the 2011-2012 school year.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to express her concern about the approval process for medical devices.
Paycheck Fairness Act strengthens federal pay equity laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In honor of Equal Pay Day, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to strengthen federal pay equity laws and ensure equal pay for equal work. Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced the bill in the House of Representatives. Equal Pay Day is the day that represents how far into 2011 women have to work to earn what men earned in 2010.
April 12 is national Equal Pay Day
New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) was joined by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, Teresa Younger, Executive Director of the CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, and representatives from women’s organizations from across Connecticut today as they issued a call for action on pay equity.
New Haven, CT— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in response to today's announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation released to the State of Connecticut $40 million in funds allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line.
H.R. 910 will weaken this law, eliminating EPA's tools to address pollution
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in response to the passage of H.R. 910, which will limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the American public from carbon pollution.
Joined by college students and presidents to stand up against education budget cuts
Washington, DC— Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, and George Miller (CA-7), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, spoke out against the proposed Republican cuts to education funding, and specifically Pell Grants.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L.DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, andHuman Services Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following remarkson the Floor of the United States House of Representatives today.
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Governing is about choices. Everyone inthis body agrees that we need to get our fiscal house in order, bringdown the deficit and cut programs that do not work. The question beforeus is how we choose to get there.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated a Department of Education School Improvement Grants (SIG) award of $4.23 million to the state of Connecticut to help improve persistently low achieving schools.