http://delauro.house.gov/ Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro RSS Feeds. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 en-us http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1432 1432 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), co-chair of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, issued the following statement on the nomination of chairs for the House Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans Affairs. The Caucus approved the nominations. “The Steering and Policy Committee met... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1430 1430 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 WASHINGTON, DC – The entire Connecticut Congressional Delegation officially welcomed Congressman-elect Jim Himes (CT-04) to Washington during a press conference today on Capitol Hill. Representative-Elect Himes was able to take a short break from a full day of new Member briefings and meetings with House leadership to accept the good wishes of his Connecticut colleagues. <a href="http://courtney.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Himes.JPG">Click here to download a photo from the event.</a> “It is... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1431 1431 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement after attending a briefing with other Members of Congress by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Lieutenant General Douglas Lute on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement. The accord sets the parameters for the redeployment of U.S. combat troops out of Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009 and for the complete withdrawal from Ira... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1420 1420 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Contact: Adriana Surfas (DeLauro) 202-225-3661 Justine Sessions (Dodd) 202-224-0346 Erika Masonhall (Lieberman) 202-224-4041 Washington, DC – Members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to immediately issue a moratorium on the enrollment of Connecticut Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insura... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1419 1419 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement following the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that it would expand its import alert to Chinese dairy products, and food and feed products manufactured in China that contain dairy ingredients. DeLauro has advocated for strengthening the food safety system and has introduced legislation, the Food Safety Modernization Act, to split the FDA into two separate agencies – dividing the food safety ... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1418 1418 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement regarding the expected announcement from the Department of the Army on Monday 10 November 2008 regarding the possible locations for the Army Reserve Center. In September the Army Corps of Engineers announced the four sites that it had determined as the most suitable for continued consideration in the siting process. “It is my understanding, from conversations my staff has had with the Army, that on Monday t... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1417 1417 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Hamden, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), standing with Dan Torre and Jon Marks – searching for work in this economic crisis – and Bill Villano, Executive Director of the WorkForce Alliance, pushed for a second extension of unemployment benefits to be part of the economic recovery package. It is estimated that doing so would benefit 86,000 people in Connecticut, as well as the nearly 800,000 workers nationwide projected to exhaust their current extended unemployment benefits in October ... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1416 1416 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s report on the safety of Bisphenol A. “Despite the concerns about their objectivity, the FDA Science Board subcommittee agreed with the many independent scientists that questioned FDA’s initial assessment on BPA. The panel was critical of the FDA draft report on BPA and is reinforcing the position that the FDA should re-start the BPA evaluation process. “The panel foun... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1415 1415 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 New Haven, CT – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), in her on-going effort to return science-based decision making at the Food and Drug Administration, pressed FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach to restart the agency’s review of Bisphenol A. Recently reports have surfaced about conflicts of interest involving the FDA decision-making process regarding the safety of BPA. “I remain very concerned about the reports of conflicts of interest involving the FDA decision-making process regardin... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1413 1413 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:53:10 Derby, CT – During a roundtable discussion, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) spoke with heating assistance recipients and Rich Knoll, Executive Director of TEAM, Inc. and Diane Strohman, Vice President of Development of TEAM, Inc, about home heating oil costs that remain high. While emphasizing the record funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, DeLauro also cited the importance of addressing the underlying reasons for high home heating oil costs, as well as energy costs i...