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September 9, 2010

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.

September 8, 2010

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.

September 6, 2010
Welcomes call for a National Infrastructure Bank to leverage private capital to invest in infrastructure projects critical to economic growth


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.

August 31, 2010

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.

August 31, 2010

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.

August 30, 2010
Cargill Corporation recalls thousands of pounds of meat potentially contaminated with dangerous E. coli strain


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.

August 30, 2010
Part of $6 million nation-wide award for substance abuse research


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.

August 27, 2010

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.

August 27, 2010

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.

August 27, 2010

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.