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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) reintroduced the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act today, the first day of the 112th Congress. First introduced by the Congresswoman in 1996, this bipartisan legislation would ensure that breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy or lumpectomy are able to remain in the hospital for up to 48 hours after surgery, ending a practice known as ‘drive-through mastectomies,' where woman are forced to leave the hospital sometimes only hours after their procedures.

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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement upon President Obama signing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act into law today.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in reaction to the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that the University of Connecticut was not selected to receive a Infrastructure to Expand Access to Care (IEAC) program grant.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)'s announcement of a new rule requiring nutritional labeling for the 40 most popular cuts of meat and poultry products. This information includes the number of calories, the grams of total fat, and saturated fat a product contains.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today celebrating the final passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. First introduced by Congresswoman DeLauro in 2008, this legislation will modernize and strengthen our current food safety system.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) made the following remarks in support of the Defense Level Playing Field Act, which would ensure competitive fairness in the contract bid for the next aerial refueling tanker, on the floor of the United States House of Representatives today.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) voted against the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4853) tonight, and entered the following statement into the Record of the United States House of Representatives:

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated passage of the Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2010, also known as Johanna's Law, which will reauthorize a national education campaign, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women about gynecological cancers.