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Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Ranking Member Grace Meng, House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur, and House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree applauded House passage of the Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water, and Interior-Environment funding package.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in support of the fiscal year 2026 spending package covering the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment funding bills:

Today, the House Appropriations Committee released text for the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment fiscal year 2026 funding package.

After weeks of infighting, Republicans have failed to move any of the nine remaining fiscal year 2026 spending bills since the government reopened more than a month ago. A new fact sheet released today by the House Appropriations Committee highlights how Republican proposals fail to address Americans’ concerns about affordability, community safety, and President Trump’s corruption.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement after a lawsuit led by Connecticut resulted in a court order to release more than $4 billion of Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) funding that the Trump Administration is withholding.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s refusal to distribute Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative funding to Democratic-led states:

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ranking Member James Clyburn led 204 of their House colleagues in a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, requesting the Department work with Congress to prevent 170,000 people from losing their homes in the dead of winter.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the unanimous vote in the House to repeal the Senate payout provision that was snuck into the Legislative Branch appropriations bill at the 11th hour and would allow eight Republican Senators implicated in the January 6th insurrection to collect at least $1 million each from American taxpayers.