112th Congress

Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) reiterated the need for a national animal identification system in the United States. Congresswoman DeLauro urged the United States Department of Agriculture to implement a national animal identification system for the major livestock species when she was Chairwoman of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee.

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, today made the following statement before the Committee on the 2013 budget allocations put forward by the House Republican Majority, which threaten to slash non-discretionary defense spending by $27 billion below the president's budget and come in at $19 billion below both the Senate allocations and the agreed-to cuts in the bipartisan debt deal last August. As Prepared for Delivery I rise in strong opposition to the proposed 302(b) allocations.

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today toured the facilities of Biomedisyn, a Woodbridge, Connecticut biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecule drugs to treat central nervous system disorders. There, she met with Frank Volvovitz, President of Biomedisyn, and Dr. Scott Woods, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale.

Middletown, CT — At Middlesex Community College, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a Member and former Chairwoman of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), Member of the House Agriculture Committee, today held a roundtable discussion and listening session with local Connecticut farmers and producers about the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization and the 2013 budget.

Washington, DC— Today, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittee, held a press conference with Agriculture Committee Members Joe Baca (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture, and Jim McGovern (MA-03), Co-Chair of the House Hunger Caucus. They discussed the severe impacts of the bill marked up earlier today on the millions of American children, families and seniors who rely on food stamps.

Washington, DC – On Equal Pay Day, a day which symbolizes how far into 2012 women must work in order to make what their male counterparts made in 2011, Congresswoman DeLauro issued the following statement.

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), today applauded President Obama's call to fully fund the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) so that it can provide effective market oversight and curb excessive speculation and manipulation in the oil and gas markets.

Washington, DC— Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today in response to the Food Safety Inspection Services announcement of the recall of over 2000 pounds of mechanically tenderized and ground beef products with possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.