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March 30, 2010

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) today praised a Recovery Act award in the amount of $400,000 to the State of Connecticut's Department of Social Services to provide assistance to older adults with chronic diseases.

March 30, 2010

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced today that the Tweed-New Haven Airport will be receiving a federal grant in the amount of $3,671,818. The funds will be used to repair and improve one of the airport's runways, making it safer, more efficient, and easier for air traffic to fly in and out of Tweed.

March 30, 2010
Provision included in health reform bill will enable consumers to see nutritional benefits of restaurant's menu items


Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) held a press conference today to discuss the menu labeling provision included in the health reform legislation signed into law by President Obama last week.

March 26, 2010

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement today in response to the Marlin plant in North Haven notifying their employees of their intent to close the facility in 15 months. Marlin, which is owned by Remington Firearms, has been at its current location since 1870.

March 26, 2010
New Haven- based ship making historic voyage to Cuba in remembrance of victims of the slave trade

(As Entered into the Record on March 25, 2010)

March 25, 2010

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today celebrated the final step in the passage of historic health care reform legislation package. The House of Representatives passed the Senate's version of the Reconciliation bill, which will make improvements that reconcile the differences between the House and Senate bills.

March 25, 2010
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

(As Prepared for Delivery)


The hearing is called to order.

Let me begin by welcoming Jim Miller, Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. He is joined by Jonathan Coppess, John Brewer, and William Murphy, Administrators of the Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Risk Management Agency respectively. And Scott Steele, Budget Officer at USDA is also here. Thank you all for coming today.

March 24, 2010
Urges FDA to categorize tanning beds as the serious cancer risks they are


Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today gave the following remarks at the Melanoma Research Foundation Briefing to urge the FDA to re-classify tanning beds in order to better inform the public about the health threat they pose.

March 23, 2010

Washington, DC –Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT -3) today lauded the inclusion of a federal menu labeling provision in the health care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama earlier today.

March 22, 2010

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today celebrated the passage of the historic health care reform legislation package. The Senate bill will now be signed into law by President Obama, and the reconciliation bill that reflects the agreement between the House and Senate must be passed by the Senate. Below are the Congresswoman's remarks, as delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives: