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MEDIA CONTACT:

Mary K. Moran

203-923-3262

mary@danroberti.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 11, 2012

U.S. Rep Carolyn Maloney endorses Roberti in 5th

District

WATERBURY, CTDan Roberti, Democratic primary candidate for Congress in

Connecticuts 5th District, today was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York

Citys 14th District. Mr. Roberti and Congresswoman Maloney toured TBICO, located at 22Eagle Road, Danbury, a non-profit career center where women are provided with free job

training to enter the workforce or transition into new careers.

I am proud to endorse Dan Roberti in the race for Connecticut's Democratic 5th Congressional

District nomination, Congresswoman Maloney said. Dan has proven himself to be a champion

for womens issues, ranging from job training to health care coverage. He is determined to workthrough partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill in support of common sense job creation efforts in

order to continue to strengthen our economic recovery.

Mr. Roberti said he was proud to accept the support of Congresswoman Maloney. Herdedication to fighting to help people across a broad array of issues will be a model for me when I

get to Washington. I look forward to working with her and representing the people of the 5th

District, Mr. Roberti said.

Congresswoman Maloney represents Manhattans East Side and western Queens and is a senior

member of both the House Financial Services Committee and the House Oversight and

Government Reform Committee. She received national attention when she asked, Where are thewomen? regarding the makeup of a panel testifying before the Oversight and Government

Reform Committee on religious groups concerns over a federal rule requiring insurancecoverage of contraception. Rep. Maloney questioned why no women were on the panel which

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consisted of five male clergy and educatorsand why a female Georgetown law student had

been barred as a witness.

Congresswoman Maloney announced her endorsement of Mr. Roberti following a tour of

TBICO, The Bridge to Independence and Career Opportunities. Rep. Maloney and Mr. Roberti

observed the training programs offered to women re-entering the workforce or entering it for thefirst time. The non-profit organization has served the Danbury area since 1993. It works with

human resource professionals and other decision makers in the upper Fairfield County and lowerLitchfield County areas to pinpoint job opportunities.

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