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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (TX-26) introduced the Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010 today, which will help provide accurate, evidence-based information to pregnant and breast-feeding women about medications, chemical exposures, foodborne illness and other exposures associated with birth defects or health risks to a breastfed infant.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) lauded the passage of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will require the Department of Defense to conduct an assessment of any unfair competitive advantage and take into consideration those unfair advantages when awarding contracts for major defense acquisition programs.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) commended Wellpoint, Inc. for its announcement that starting July 1, 2010, it will guarantee a minimum 48-hour hospital stay as a standard clinical benefit to all patients with breast cancer who have mastectomies.

With an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women expected this year, this guarantee will enable women, along with their physicians, to determine the appropriate length of hospital stay for them.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) sent letters to Wellpoint, Inc. America's Health Insurance Plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and other national health insurance companies today, urging them to guarantee 48-hour hospital stays to patients with breast cancer who have mastectomies, if they do not already have such a policy in place. Currently, 20 states have such laws that prevent women being forced to leave the hospital sometimes only hours after surgery, a practice known as a ‘drive thru mastectomy.'

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in reaction to Republicans in the House of Representatives blocking legislation that would create jobs and help the middle class for the second consecutive week:

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in reaction to President Obama's expected selection of Dr. Harold E. Varmus as the new director of the National Cancer Institute.

Currently serving as the president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Dr. Varmus is also a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and former director of the National Institutes of Health.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.– USDA Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs Audrey Rowe and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District today discussed the Obama Administration's priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation with participants at a Healthy Schools Roundtable at the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven. Rowe and DeLauro met with about 20 Connecticut school officials and local, state and community leaders involved in school nutrition.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced today the award of a $720,000 grant to the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven to help public housing residents become more financially self-sufficient. The funds are part of almost $28 million awarded nationwide by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) program.