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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 issued the following statement in response to a court filing recently made public in which the Department of Energy admits that the only reason the Trump Administration chose to terminate nearly 300 energy projects in blue states last October during the government shutdown is the fact that the projects were located in states that did not vote for the President and that are represented by Democratic Senators:

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement following House passage of the Republican’s budget resolution, which is the first step in a series of procedural actions to spend $95 billion on President Trump’s war of choice with Iran and other priorities.

Yesterday, Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) of the Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding answers regarding a political appointee remaining on paid administrative leave nine months after they were removed from their position. The appointee in question, Ms. Cathy Tripodi, served as the Director of DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (OCED). She was removed from her position in October 2025.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on automatic continuing resolutions.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the passage of House Republicans’ continuing resolution.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks before the House Rules Committee regarding the House Republican Continuing Resolution released on Friday.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) together with the other eleven Democratic subcommittee Ranking Members urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withdraw its proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance in a letter submitted as part of the proposed rule’s comment process.