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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) sent the following letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today, calling for him to personally examine the funding situation at Regional School District 5 in Woodbridge, CT.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced the specific benefits that health care reform will bring to the citizens of Connecticut's 3rd District today.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) gave the following remarks as she joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Schakowsky and Matsui, and representatives from AARP and the Center for Medicare Advocacy to call for the passage of health care reform.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) met with members of the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce today and discussed the economic recession and its impact on their businesses and every day life, the ARRA and HIRE Acts, legislation Congress has passed to help stimulate and grow the economy, and the need for comprehensive health care reform.

WASHINGTON—As the Congress works to pass wide-ranging job creation legislation to combat the effects of the ongoing recession, Congressman Jared Polis (CO-2) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) along with 40 of their colleagues, introduced H.R. 4830, the Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs (Women WIN Jobs) Act—to fight gender inequity in the workplace and give low-income women a pathway out of poverty.

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This morning we welcome Thomas Melito, Director of the General Accounting Office's International Affairs and Trade Team. Mr. Melito is here to present the report which I requested and that GAO is releasing today at this hearing on our government's current approach to international food aid and food security. Mr. Melito, thank you for being here today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3) released the following statements today on the Joint Economic Committee's (JEC) report on paid sick leave. The JEC's report finds that enacting the Healthy Families Act—introduced in Senate by Senator Ted Kennedy and Dodd and introduced in the House by Congresswoman DeLauro—would provide paid sick leave to at least 30.3 million American workers, including 5.9 million workers in the food service and preparation industry.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), chairwoman of the House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement during a subcommittee hearing at which FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified.

Below is the text of DeLauro's opening statement (as prepared for delivery).

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