Non-Partisan Watchdog Once Again Finds Trump Administration Violated the Law
Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued multiple decisions reaffirming Congress’s constitutional power of the purse and concluding that the President cannot unilaterally withhold appropriated funds. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03)…
President Trump Admits He Used Taxpayers’ Money for Political Ads
After President Trump personally directed that taxpayer funding be used for a series of political ads, he has reportedly reversed course. Instead, he is opting to pay for the spots with his donors’ money, through his political action committee (PAC). House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member…
Kaptur, Murray Slam Trump Administration’s Oil Reserve Release as Months Too Late for Families Paying High Energy Costs
Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the…
DeLauro Statement on Deterioration of CDC Under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy
A new joint report from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2883 and the Public Data Observatory found that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have suffered estimated workforce losses of 30 percent, or more than 3,800 civil servants under the reckless…
Kaptur, Murray Slam Trump Administration’s Oil Reserve Release as Months Too Late for Families Paying High Energy Costs
Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the…
