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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) announced $48 million for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for clean water efforts throughout the state. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund program provides low interest loans for water quality protection projects for wastewater treatment, non-point source pollution control, and watershed and estuary management.

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection will receive $1.73 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support clean diesel projects and loan programs to address the nation's existing fleet of over 11 million diesel engines. This is part of the Environmental Protection Agency's innovative effort to address the more than 11 million diesel engines in operation today do not meet EPA's new clean diesel standards, even though these engines can continue to operate for 20 to 30 years.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement following the announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it is recommending Cucia Park as the preferred site for the new Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown.

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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement following President Obama's announcement that his Administration will lift all restrictions on travel and remittances by Cuban-Americans to family in Cuba, as well as ease other restrictions on the island nation. The policy shift marks the first time since 1982 that Cuban-Americans will be free to travel without restrictions between the United States and Cuba.

New Haven, CT —Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. – 3) issued the following statement welcoming the decision by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to deny Broadwater Energy's appeal and uphold the New York Department of State's determination that the proposal to build a Liquefied Natural Gas facility in the Long Island Sound is inconsistent with New York's Coastal Zone Management Plan.

New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn.-3) announced that Connecticut will receive $16.2 million in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help provide child care for working families and ensure that more children receive the vaccines they need to prevent disease.