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Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in response to the Obama Administration's proposal to include an increase to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), as well as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), in its fiscal year 2011 budget.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) visited the Platt Technical High School in Milford, Connecticut today, and toured their Manufacturing Technology Department.

Washington, DC- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today issued the following statement in reaction to the recall by Daniele International Inc., a Rhode Island company, of approximately 1,240,000 pounds of Italian sausage products due to possible Salmonella contamination.

"We are only 23 days into the New Year and this is already the 6th meat product that has been subjected to a recall. This is very discouraging and it demonstrates the work that lies ahead in the coming year.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in response to the 5-4 Supreme Court decision handed down today in Citizens United v. FEC:

"With this ill-advised spate of judicial activism, five Supreme Court justices have struck down the distinction between individuals and corporations in election law and opened the floodgates to a hostile corporate takeover of our democratic process.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in reaction to the recall of approximately 1.5 million strollers and travel systems, which can include a car seat and infant carrier, manufactured by Graco Children's Products, Inc.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in response to the recall of approximately 635,000 cribs produced by the Dorel Asia company. The recall was prompted by a suffocation and strangulation hazard when a piece of hardware fails. One death has already been reported, and 10 more infants have been injured by these cribs.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement today in reaction to the recall of approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products potentially contaminated with E. coli by the Montebello, California-based company Huntington Meat Packing Inc. The recalled products include foodstuffs produced as far back as 2008.

Washington, DC— Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) visited the research facilities of the Department of Psychiatry and Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven. Both of these facilities have benefited from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and have made tremendous scientific advances. Nearly 300 projects at Yale University have been funded with $121 million ARRA dollars in 2010, creating and retaining 254 jobs.