Homeland Security
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April 30, 2026
Today, after shutting down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for 76 days and refusing to fund any agency under DHS without additional funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol, House Republican leadership finally abandoned their senseless opposition to this common-sense solution and allowed a vote in the House on the unanimous Senate-passed bill, which closely mirrors legislation Ranking Member DeLauro introduced in February. The bill passed overwhelmingly.
Issues:Homeland Security
April 27, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro called for the House to immediately vote on the Senate-passed Homeland Security funding bill and end the third Republican shutdown of the year.
Issues:Homeland Security
April 21, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement on the release of Republicans’ partisan budget resolution that would give U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) $70 billion until 2035 on top of the $140 billion they received in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Issues:Homeland Security
April 16, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks during an Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the budget for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS):
Issues:Homeland Security
April 1, 2026
Today, House Republican leadership reversed course and agreed to the bipartisan Homeland Security funding bill passed unanimously by the Senate. House Republicans previously rejected the agreement that they will now seek to pass, needlessly adding weeks to the shutdown.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 31, 2026
After House Republican leadership chose to extend the Homeland Security shutdown by blocking the bipartisan bill passed unanimously by the Senate, the shutdown continued, becoming the longest in American history.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 26, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued a statement after President Trump announced that after 41 days of withholding paychecks from TSA workers, he was going to allow his administration to pay them.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 26, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks during debate on the House Floor:
Issues:Homeland Security
DeLauro on House Floor: “There is no practical need to condition funding for TSA on funding for ICE”
March 25, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 24, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in opposition to Republicans’ political theater:
Issues:Homeland Security
