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New Haven, CT—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today in reaction to the recall of milk sold in five Northeastern states, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, that may not have been properly pasteurized. Milk that has not been pasteurized is susceptible to contaminants like listeria and salmonella.

New Haven, CT—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that a $2.5 million Department of Transportation grant has been awarded to the Middletown Transit District (MTD) to improve the bus services for the city. These funds will enable the Middletown Transit District to purchase a building for use as a dispatch facility, maintain their fleet of vehicles and training for employees.

New Haven, CT—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that the city of New Haven was selected to receive a grant of $1,041,579 through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Originally funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), these funds are part of an additional $1 billion that have been made available through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in response to the President's expected announcement of a comprehensive plan to rebuild and expand our nation's transportation infrastructure.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement in response to President Obama's remarks tonight regarding the end of combat operations in Iraq.

"Today is an important day for our country— we are one step closer to the end of a war and the complete redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011.

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.