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March 20, 2026
Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, participated in a visit to the United Nations and a field hearing at the United States Mission to the United Nations, hosted by U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz.
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
March 20, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks during a National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee hearing at the United Nations:
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
March 19, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued a statement after the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon is seeking $200 billion for President Trump’s war in Iran.
Issues:Defense
March 18, 2026
Today, as the Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached its 32nd day, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) opened a discharge petition to bring up her bill that would fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (FEMA), and the U.S. Coast Guard, along with every other part of DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office of the Secretary.
March 18, 2026
During a press conference at the House steps on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro gave the following remarks, regarding her bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and the discharge petition to force a vote on her measure:
Thank you so much, Mr. Leader, and good day to everyone. I want to say thank you to my colleagues who are here.
Today marks the thirty-second day that the Department of Homeland security has been shutdown. Last Friday, TSA agents, and other employees across DHS, missed their first full paycheck. This is wrong.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 17, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member delivered the following remarks on the House Floor regarding Republicans’ refusal to support funding legislation for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 16, 2026
Today, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement after a federal judge blocked Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule:
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
March 13, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement as workers across the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard, and Secret Service missed a full paycheck.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 12, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement after Senate Republicans blocked funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA):
Issues:Homeland Security
March 12, 2026
Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement on the Trump Administration's release of 172 Million barrels of Oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Issues:Energy and Water