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October 

Congress Must Clarify Labor Protections Following NLRB "Kentucky River" Decision (10/3/2006)

Wal-Mart Should Set the Standard, Not Cap Wages (10/2/2006)

September 

DeLauro Bill Tracks Outsourcing of American Jobs (9/29/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding for Empower New Haven (9/27/2006)

Emanuel, DeLauro, Sanders, Berry: "GOP Puts Pharmaceutical Companies Ahead of First Responders (9/27/2006)

Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging, DeLauro Urges FDA to Conduct Independent Scientific Review, Ban Use in Interim (9/27/2006)

DeLauro Announces Over $3 Billion in Defense Funding for Third Congressional District (9/26/2006)

Consumer Survey of Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging Proves Legislative Remedy is Needed (9/25/2006)

DeLauro Statement on 2006 National Institute Estimate (9/25/2006)

DeLauro Keynotes Forum on "Kentucky River Cases" (9/22/2006)

Durbin, DeLauro Ask for GAO Study on Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Countries with Single Food Safety Agency (9/22/2006)

DeLauro Says Report Confirms FDA Lacks Power to Enforce Drug Regulations (9/22/2006)

New Report Finds Nearly 90,000 CT Medicare Beneficiaries at Risk of "Doughnut Hole" (9/21/2006)

DeLauro, Scientists Concerned About Recent FDA Decisions Release Reform Legislation for Women (9/21/2006)

After 10 Years, Congress Must Pass Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (9/20/2006)

DeLauro Question FDA: Did Breakdowns in System Lead to E. Coli? (9/19/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Support For New Haven Free Public Library (9/18/2006)

DeLauro Urges All Connecticut Residents to Heed FDA Warning on Bagged Spinach (9/15/2006)

DeLauro, Schakowsky and DeGette Call For Hearing on The Safe Food Act (9/15/2006)

E. Coli Outbreak in Nine States, Including Connecticut (9/15/2006)

FDA Must be Consistent When Conflicts Arise on Advisory Committees  (9/13/2006)

DeLauro Helps Launch Partnership to End Cervical Cancer (9/13/2006)

DeLauro Statement on the Anniversary of September 11th, 2001 (9/11/2006)

Senate Report Proves No Iraq Connection to Sept. 11th Terror (9/8/2006)

More Than 100 Members Urge Labor Department to Renew Support of Women's Bureau (9/8/2006)

August

Bush Administration Katrina Failures Still Evident On One Year Anniversary (8/29/2006)

DeLauro Hails Approval of Plan B as Positive Step for Women's Health (8/24/2006)

Statement on Herman Cain Comments On Congressional Democrats and Wal-Mart 08/23/2006)

Statement on Save the Sound Meeting (8/15/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding for Amistad Educational Program (8/14/2006)

July

Statement on FDA Pending Approval of Plan B (7/31/2006)

DeLauro Joins Sikorsky Officials to Unveil Latest Black Hawk Model (7/31/2006)

Bill Bans the Use of Carbon Monoxide in Meat Packaging (7/28/2006)

Members Work to Lower Drug Prices by Eliminating Roadblocks to Generic Drugs (7/28/2006)

American Workers Deserve Minimum Wage Increase without Political "Poison Pills" (7/28/2006)

Bill Offers Families Option of At-Home Child Care for Infants (7/28/2006)

DeLauro, Members Question al-Maliki's Joint Session Address (7/25/2006)

DeLauro, Area Police Chiefs Discuss Issues Facing Local Law Enforcement (7/24/2006)

DeLauro Calls for Tax Credit for Farmers to Use Renewables (7/21/2006)

DeLauro: USDA Move to Decrease BSE Surveillance Defies Logic (7/20/2006)

DeLauro Statement on President's Veto of Stem Cell Research Legislation (7/19/2006)

DeLauro Questions USDA's Failure to Alert Commercial Distributors that Chinese Poultry was Illegally Imported (7/19/2006)

DeLauro: Are Conflicts of Interest Influencing Sales of Rx Drugs, Medical Devices? (7/17/2006)

DeLauro: Illegally Smuggled Chicken Proof U.S. Governmentt Cannot Ensure Safety of Poultry Imports (7/14/2006)

DeLauro, Lowey Urge Congress to Restore & Strengthen Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services (7/13/2006)

DeLauro: High Gas Prices Another Example of Bush Administration's Misplaced Priorities (7/13/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Mid-Session Budget Review (7/11/2006)

DeLauro Receives Top Rating for Support of Middle-Class Americans in Congress (7/10/2006)

DeLauro Helps Unveil BioPur Facility, CT's First Large Scale Biodiesel Plant (7/5/2006)

June

DeLauro Urges CDC to Approve Vaccine to Prevent Major Cause of Cervical Cancer, Initiate Public Education Campaign (6/29/2006)

DeLauro, Consumers Urge FDA to Restore "Gold Standard" For Drug Safety as Agency Celebrates 100^th Year (6/29/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Funds New Sexual Assault Services Program  (6/29/2006)

DeLauro Joins Veterans Administration to Announce Funding for CT Veterans Home (6/26/2006)

DeLauro: Congressional Republicans Support Tax Breaks for Millionaires, but Run from Increasing Minimum Wage (6/22/2006)

DeLauro Questions How USDA Can Ensure Safety of Chinese Poultry Imports When Agency Lacks Plan to Detect Avian Flu (6/21/2006)

DeLauro Announces $2.5 Billion in Defense Funding for Third Congressional District (6/20/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funds to Aid Dislocated Stop and Shop Workers (6/19/2006)

DeLauro, West Haven Officials Announce $1.2 Million For Construction of the West Haven Train Station (6/19/2006)

DeLauro Helps Kick Off Home Buying Assistance Program (6/19/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Resolution on the War in Iraq (6/15/2006)

DeLauro Urges FDA to Accept Recommendations on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising (6/15/2006)

DeLauro: Winchester Plant Closure a Local Symbol of Bush Administration's Failed Trade Policies (6/15/2006)

DeLauro Announces $2.7 Million in Funding for Transportation, Economic Development Initiatives (6/14/2006)

DeLauro Continues to Press for Ban on New Contracts with Corporate Expatriates (6/14/2006)

DeLauro Statement on President's FY06 Supplemental Passing House (6/12/2006)

DeLauro: 43 Days of Equal Pay Act, Yet Wage Gap Still Exists (6/09/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (6/08/2006)

DeLauro Celebrates Approval of Vaccine to Prevent Major Causes of Cervical Cancer (6/08/2006)

DeLauro Statement: Pew Forum Luncheon: Defining Ourselves as Catholic Democrats (6/08/2006)

DeLauro, House and Senate Leaders Set Goal: By 2025, 25% of Energy from Renewable Sources  (6/07/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Bans New Contracts with Corporate Expatriates under Trans-Treas Appropriations Bill (6/06/2006)

DeLauro Will Reintroduce MEAL Act to Reduce Obesity (6/02/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding for New Haven-Tweed Airport (6/02/2006)

May

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding for CT Humanities Council of Middletown (5/31/2006)

DeLauro, Looney Urge ConnDOT to Seek Additional Funding for Ferry Street Bridge (5/31/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding For New Haven Free Public Library (5/31/2006)

DeLauro Fights U.S. House Efforts to Begin Drilling in ANWR (5/25/2006)

DeLauro Cosponsors Legislation to Protect Veterans' Identity (5/25/2006)

DeLauro Announces $3 Million in Funding for CT Energy and Water Projects (5/25/2006)

DeLauro Coauthors Amendment to Restrict Funding for Broadwater (5/24/2006)

DeLauro Authors Amendment to Restore Funding for National 'State Energy Program' (5/24/2006)

DeLauro Announces $12.8 Million in Funding for CT Agricultural Initiatives (5/24/2006)

Congressional Republicans Kill Important Drug Safety Safeguard (5/23/2006)

Encouraging Scientific Evidence Mounting for HPV Vaccine (5/19/2006)

DeLauro Statement on FY 2007 Budget Passing House (5/18/2006)

DeLauro Announces $4.8 Million in Funding for CT Environment Projects (5/18/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Funding for South Fire District of Middletown (5/17/2006)

DeLauro Calls for GAO Study of Responses to Sexual Harassment Claims at Coast Guard (5/17/2006)

DeLauro Announces Congressional Arts Competition Winners (5/16/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Retirement of Cardnial Theodore McCarrick (5/16/2006)

Over 50 Members of Congress Call on President to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate NSA Surveillance (5/12/2006)

DeLauro Urges Increased Mental Health Resources for Servicemembers (5/12/2006)

Missed Opportunity: Bush Administration & Congressional Republicans Fail to Extend Medicare deadline (5/11/2006)

At DeLauro Urging, Dept. of Defense Ovarian Cancer Program Granted First Funding Increase in 5 Years (5/10/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Provides $500 Million for Renewable Energy, Rural Development (5/9/2006)

Appropriations Committee Accepts DeLauro Amendment, Gives FDA Authority to Mandate Postmarket Studies (5/9/2006)

DeLauro, Lawmakers Urge Tongass Official to Revise Logging Plan Based on Science, Environmental Needs (5/8/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Denies Funding to Implement Chinese Poultry Imports Rule (5/3/2006)

DeLauro Offers Resolution Recognizing African American Spirituals as a National Treasure (5/2/2006)

DeLauro Announces  Grant for The Connection Inc., of Middletown (5/2/2006)

DeLauro: President and Congressional Republicans Squander Opportunities to Cover the Uninsured (5/2/2006)

DeLauro Announces Federal Grant for City of New Haven (5/1/2006)

April

Floor Speech on Iraq from the Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro (4/28/2006)

Lawmakers Urge Speaker Hastert to Investigate Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Possible Price-Gouging (4/27/2006)

DeLauro Seeks Additional Resources for Military Victims of Violence (4/26/2006)

DeLauro, Emmanuel Question CMS: Who is Responsible for Confusion over Letters? (4/25/2006)

DeLauro, House Democrats Call on Bush Administration to Stop Price Gouging (4/25/2006)

On Equal Pay Day 2006, DeLauro Helps Kick off "WAGE Clubs" (4/25/2006)

DeLauro Tours CT River Salmon Association School Program (4/24/2006)

DeLauro: Same Scrutiny Applied to Reimportation Should Have Been Applied to Poultry Imports Rule (4/24/2006)

DeLauro Calls on FDA Head to Reconsider Position on Drug Safety (4/24/2006)

DeLauro: Inconsistent Policy Allows Poultry Imports from China (4/21/2006)

DeLauro Tells Drive-Time Listeners: Zero Tolerance for Gas Price Gouging (4/20/2006)

Medicare Deadline Should be Extended for all Beneficiaries (4/20/2006)

DeLauro: Move to Allow Poultry Imports an Outrage (4/20/2006)

Congress Calls on Leavitt to Pay States Back (4/11/2006)

DeLauro: Concerns Remain on USDA National ID System (4/6/2006)

NIH Budget Fails to Maintain Commitment to Fund Research that Saves Lives (4/6/2006)

DeLauro, Reps. Assail Increase in Gas Prices, Company Profits (4/4/2006)

DeLauro, Larson: Health Savings Accounts Will Not Solve Health Care Crisis (4/3/2006)

DeLauro Statement on New Contract at Sikorsky Aircraft (4/2/2006)

March

DeLauro Announces We the People Bookshelf for Libraries in Derby, Middletown, New Haven, Stratford, and Woodbridge (3/31/2006)

Higher Education Funding an Assault on the Middle Class, Threat to Global Competitiveness, Says DeLauro (3/31/2006)

Delegation Calls on Sikorsky to Reverse Decision that Sends Work Out of Connecticut (3/31/2006)

DeLauro: Sikorsky Announcement "Devastating" (3/30/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Would Have Restored Labor, Health, Education Funding (3/29/2006)

DeLauro Meets with College & University Presidents to Discuss Issues Impacting Higher Education (3/27/2006)

Sikorsky Strike Must End, DeLauro, Delegation Tell Officials (3/24/2006)

DeLauro Hails Passage of $1B in LIHEAP Funding (3/16/2006)

DeLauro Offers Amendment to Repeal Liability Protection for Vaccine Manufacturers (3/16/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to the FDA (3/15/2006)

DeLauro: New "Mad Cow" Case Proves Now Not the Time to Decrease BSE Testing (3/13/2006)

DeLauro, Area Labor Leaders Discuss Issues Facing Workers (3/13/2006)

Dodd, DeLauro Announce National Guard Will Receive New Equipment (3/13/2006)

DeLauro: With Latest DP World Announcement, the Devil is in the Details (3/9/2006)

DeLauro Amendment Repeals Liability Protection for Vaccine Manufacturers by Year's End (3/8/2006)

Uniformity Bill Creates Food Safety Concerns for States, Places Undue Burden on FDA, Says DeLauro (3/8/2006)

DeLauro: Industry Influence Stronger than FDA Authority over Post-Market Drug Studies (3/6/2006)

DeLauro Hails FSIS Re-Introduction of Consumer-Friendly Recall Rule (3/6/2006)

Dodd, DeLauro Urge Investigation into National Guard Equipment Shortage (3/3/2006)

DeLauro: New Report Proves Broadwater Facility Not Needed (3/2/2006)

February

House Democrats Release Historic Catholic Statement of Principles (2/28/2006)

DeLauro Honored with "Champion" Award for Support of Agricultural Research and Land-Grant Universities (2/24/2006)

DeLauro: Delay in Dubai Port Management Makes for "Absentee Landlord" (2/24/2006)

DeLauro Holds Roundtable Discussion with Connecticut Farmers on Rising Energy Costs (2/23/2006)

DeLauro Announces Funding for AMISTAD America (2/23/2006)

DeLauro Discusses How America Can Succeed in Renewable Energy during Speech at Yale University (2/22/2006)

DeLauro Cosponsors Legislation to Halt Dubai Port Deal (2/22/2006)

DeLauro Urges Sikorsky Negotiations Resume Immediately (2/22/2006)

DeLauro: Bush Refusal to Investigate Reveals Tin Ear on Homeland Security (2/21/2006)

DeLauro Statement as Strike About to Begin at Sikorsky Aircraft (2/19/2006)

DeLauro: Increasing Industry Influence at FDA Will Not Solve Generic Application Backlog (2/17/2006)

DeLauro: We Need Accountability for Katrina Failures, Michael Chertoff Must Resign (2/15/2006)

DeLauro Calls for Repeal of Oil Company Royalty Plan (2/14/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Dubai Ports World Claim that the Administration Approved Its Acquisition (2/13/2006)

DeLauro, Local Administrators Fight Education Cuts in President's Budget (2/13/2006)

DeLauro Statement on FY 2007 Budgets for FDA and USDA (2/9/2006)

Lawmakers Move to Expand Child Tax Credit to Hurricane Katrina Families (2/8/2006)

Emanuel, DeLauro Call on Nussle to Honor Commitment to Honest Budget Funding for Wars (2/8/2006)

DeLauro Statement on President's FY 2007 Budget (2/6/2006)

DeLauro, Local Pharmacist Call for Medicare Rx Drug Relief (2/6/2006)

DeLauro Questions APHIS Officials over Retesting of Infected Cow (2/3/2006)

DeLauro: Reconciliation Bill Puts Special Interests Ahead of Families (2/1/2006)

January

DeLauro Statement on Passing of Coretta Scott King (1/31/2006)

DeLauro Statement on President's State of the Union Address (1/31/2006)

DeLauro Calls for Immediate Relief for Medicare Beneficiaries (1/26/2006)

DeLauro Announces Funding for Hamden Police (1/24/2006)

DeLauro Calls on Congress to Investigate Evidence that White House Ignored Warnings on Hurricane Katrina (1/24/2006)

DeLauro Calls for House Hearings on Sago Mine Disaster (1/23/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Announcement that Japan Has Suspended Shipments of American Beef (1/20/2006)

DeLauro Statement on Closure of the Winchester Plant of U.S. Repeating Arms (1/17/2006)

DeLauro Tells Embarking National Guard Unit: You Will Build Bridges to Democracy (1/6/2006)

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