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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement on the announcement that Sikorsky and the Teamsters Local Union 1150 in Stratford, CT had reached an agreement on a new contract.

Provision Allows New Beds for Patients to Open, Prevents Job Losses

CONTACT: Bryan DeAngelis (Dodd), 202-224-5372

Adriana Surfas (DeLauro), 202-225-3661

Credit considered one of the most stimulative of tax proposals

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) praised the Child Tax Credit provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1). Economists have called the refundable tax credit, one of the most stimulative, as well as among the most targeted and most efficient in getting the economy moving.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) joined a majority in the House of Representatives in support of critical legislation to create and save 3.5 million American jobs that will be signed into law next week. President Obama's job creation package passed by Congress will rebuild America, making us more globally competitive and energy independent, and transforming our economy for long-term growth; give 95 percent of American workers an immediate tax cut; and invest quickly in the economy.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3), in a letter to the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, called for an audit of the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of state inspection contracts. The recent salmonella outbreak involving peanut butter has raised serious questions about whether the agency is effectively overseeing its state contracts.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) wrote to the Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner, Frank M. Totti, M.D. to request information on drug and device approvals made in the final months of the Bush Administration. Below is the text of the letter.

February 12, 2009

Frank M. Torti, M.D.

Acting Commissioner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

Dear Dr. Torti:

Contact: Adriana Surfas (DeLauro) 202-225-3661

Bryan DeAngelis (Dodd) 202-224-5372

Emily Barocas (Larson), 202-225-2265

Brian Farber (Courtney), 202-225-2076

Kristen Bossi (Murphy), 202-225-4476

Elizabeth Kerr (Himes), 202-225-5541

Contact: Max Gleischman (Durbin)

202.228.5244

Adriana Surfas (DeLauro)

202-225-3661

WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, thanking him for his recent comments in support of a single food safety agency and requesting a meeting to discuss modernization of the nation's food safety system.