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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement praising the United States Senate for acting last night to restore Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to millions of American families. The benefits expired earlier this year, and legislation to reinstate them has been delayed as Senate Republicans blocked action for more than two months. The House of Representatives passed the bill today, and it will now go to the President for his signature.
Washington, DC—Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-12) and Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and other members today to voice their support Professor Elizabeth Warren to be appointed Director of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Washington, DC – Representatives Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and Joe Courtney (CT-1) today praised the inclusion of language included in the House of Representatives' Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee FY2011 appropriations bill calling for OSHA to issue regulations on natural gas procedures.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in support of the Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act, which will help American families to protect their homes and businesses from flooding damage.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) celebrated the Senate passage today of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, landmark legislation which will put consumers first, rein in Wall Street and their irresponsible practices, and end taxpayer bailouts of big banks. The legislation will now go to the President for his signature.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement today in reaction to an FDA advisory panel that voted today on the controversial diabetes drug Avandia. The panel voted in favor of restricting the sales of the drug, but not to remove it from the market. A final decision will be made by the FDA at a later date.
Washington, DC –Congresswomen Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20), Donna F. Edwards (MD-4), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3) held a press conference today to discuss the free preventive health care coverage that will be made available through the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today the award of $9,089,530 in housing grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds, which include Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), HOME program grants, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grants, will go to Hamden, Stratford, West Haven, and New Haven, and are to be distributed as such:
Hamden CDBG $590,888.00
New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) visited the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center in Middletown, CT to hold a roundtable discussion with Connecticut businesses to learn how they have been successful and grown their businesses through exporting.