Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture demanding answers the Department's decision to shutter all research related to Cyclospora in the midst of the largest outbreak in history and plans to close BARC, the largest and most diversified agricultural research complex in the world. The lawmakers urged UDSA to reverse course.
Cyclospora has sickened nearly 20,000 Americans, hospitalized over 1,000 and killed at least tw...