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October 8, 2010

Washington, DC – Today Representatives Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), John B. Larson (CT-1), and Joe Courtney (CT-2) joined together to ask United States Attorney General Eric Holder to fully investigate recent reports that financial institutions have been using fraudulent practices like "robo-signing," signing documents without reading them, in order to quickly process foreclosures. Such practices have led to wrongful foreclosures on an untold number of households that have not defaulted on their mortgages.

October 6, 2010
Secretary Shinseki toured VA facility, joined members and local advocates to discuss improving veterans' services


New Haven, CT –Representatives Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chris Murphy (CT-5), and Jim Himes (CT-4) welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki to the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).

October 6, 2010

Deteriorating span connects Milford and Stratford, traveled by 135,000 cars and trucks each day

September 30, 2010

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) celebrated the passage late last night of the Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010 in the House of Representatives.

September 30, 2010
Bill will educate women and raise awareness about gynecologic cancers


Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated the passage late last night of the Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2010 by the House of Representatives. This was bipartisan effort to reauthorize Johanna's Law, which works to educate women about the symptoms, risk factors, and prevention of gynecologic cancers such as ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers.

September 29, 2010

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced the Consumers Right to Know Food Labeling Act, which would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mandate the labeling of genetically-modified fish. Additionally, the bill would require the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to mandate that products of cloned animals be labeled if intended for consumption.

September 29, 2010
Bill will help to address unfair foreign currency manipulation


Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today praising the passage of the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act in the House of Representatives.

September 27, 2010

New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in response to the Air Force's announcement that it will be purchasing 22 initial spare F-22 engines from Pratt and Whitney.

September 27, 2010
New study shows how $3.5 billion industry is critical to state's economy


New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) visited the Nelson Cecarelli Farm in Northford, CT today to attend the release of a new study by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut, the "Economic Impacts of Connecticut's Agricultural Industry."

September 23, 2010

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in reaction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency to severely restrict access to the controversial diabetes drug Avandia.

The drug will be suspended completely from the European market, but still available to patients in the United States who attest, along with their doctors, that they have tried all other medications and that they are aware of the drug's dangers.