http://delauro.house.gov/ Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro RSS Feeds. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 en-us http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1460 1460 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing investigation into Peanut Corporation of America’s connection to the Salmonella outbreak. A report in the Washington Post found that Peanut Corporation of America knowingly shipped out contaminated peanut butter over a dozen times in the past two years. The Salmonella outbreak involving peanut butter products has been linked to eight deaths and has sickened approximately 500 people ac... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1461 1461 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Recognizing the need for bold action in response to the economic crisis, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) highlighted the critical need for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Developed with the Obama Administration, this job creation package 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 econom... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1459 1459 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) enthusiastically joined with her colleagues to give final approval to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (S. 181) and to send the bill to President Barack Obama as one of the first major pieces of legislation he will sign into law. This important step in the effort to close the wage gap between men and women would restore federal law by reversing a Supreme Court decision that left women without remedy to pursue gender-based pay discriminat... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1457 1457 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn.-3) issued the following statement on the on-going salmonella outbreak that the Food and Drug Administration recently tied to peanut butter and peanut paste from a Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Georgia. While the facility does not sell directly to consumers, it does supply peanut butter to institutions, such as schools, hospitals universities and health care facilities, as well as supplies peanut paste to companies, and oth... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1455 1455 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) praised the bipartisan Senate passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (S. 181) as an important first step in the effort to begin to close the wage gap between men and women. The legislation restores the law as it was prior to the Supreme Court’s decision by clarifying that each paycheck resulting from a discriminatory pay decision would constitute a new violation of employment nondiscrimination law. “This is a victory for women a... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1456 1456 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – On the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) and Rachel Laser, Culture Program Director at the Third Way, applauded President Barack Obama’s focus on moving beyond the divisiveness of abortion to find common ground and reduce the need for abortion. “In his first statement on abortion, President Obama signaled his strong commitment to the common ground approach of protecting the right to choose, while reducing the need for abortion. By embr... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1458 1458 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn.-3) issued the following statement on a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which continues to include federal oversight of food safety as “high risk” to the economy and public health and safety. The GAO has conducted the high risk series since 1990. “In watching how the Food and Drug Administration has handled the recent salmonella outbreaks affecting peanut butter and peppers, it is no surprise that feder... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1454 1454 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) announced that the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board in Waterbury will receive a $200,000 federal grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to teach environmental job skills to individuals near brownfield sites. Nationwide, more than 4,000 people have completed training programs, with more than 3,000 obtaining employment in the environmental fields, earning an average wage of $13.84 per hour. “Connecticut has a num... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1453 1453 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) issued the following statement on the report issued by the Government Accountability Office: “FDA Should Take Steps to Ensure that High Risk Device Types are Approved Through the Most Stringent Premarket Review Process,” which found that the agency approved higher-risk medical devices using a process intended for low-risk products. “The GAO report is yet another confirmation that the 510(k) medical device approval process at FDA has be... http://delauro.house.gov/release.cfm?id=1452 1452 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:57 Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn. -3) praised the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill (H.R. 2), which would reauthorize the popular program for the next four and a half years, through 2013. The bipartisan bill would provide health coverage for 11 million children – preserving coverage for the 7 million children currently covered by the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and extending coverage to 4 million uninsured children who are currently...