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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman, and Connecticut's Congressional delegation joined together today to demand answers from Pratt & Whitney about their plans to cut hourly jobs at their Cheshire Engine Center.
The delegation is questioning the need for layoffs considering employees have been working 10 hours a day, two hours longer than the normal eight hour shift. And recently, some workers have also been asked to work on weekends to keep up with demand.
Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today in response to the recall of approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26 from the Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation.
Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that the West Haven Veterans' Affairs Center was selected as one of nine institutions to receive $6 million in funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs which is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research into the link between substance abuse and military deployments and combat-related trauma.
Washington, DC— Six members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation wrote to Secretary Robert M. Gates, questioning the recent decision by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to purchase 21 Russian-made helicopters.
Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement in reaction to the decision by U.S. District Judge Royce Lambert that temporarily suspends federal funding for stem cell research.
Washington, DC—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, sent the following letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas R. Frieden, and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, expressing her concern about the public notification efforts in the recent salmonella egg recall.
Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) responded to new guidance issued by the Food and Drug Administration today outlining the steps to be taken by chain restaurants to comply with new menu labeling requirements.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, sent a letter today to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Food and Drug Adminstration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking questions about the recent egg recall.
"This urgent nationwide recall is very disturbing, not only because it appears to have been preventable, but it also may have been the result of an inefficient and unresponsive food safety system. Given the split jurisdiction between FDA and USDA over ensuring the safety of eggs, I fear the investigation and subsequent recall may have been delayed as FDA traced the source of the contamination.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in response to the recess appointment of Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to become the new US Department of Agriculture Undersecretary of Food Safety.