News
March 3, 2026
Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee; Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to top Trump administration officials set to brief Congress today.
Issues:Defense
February 25, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on partisan politics infecting the historically bipartisan community project funding process:
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February 25, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) requested unanimous consent to advance her bill to fund the law-abiding agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Coast Guard, Secret Service, and more, while negotiations continue on securing the reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that Americans are demanding. The request to consider the measure was blocked.
Issues:Homeland Security
February 25, 2026
Today—as the Department of Energy (DOE) makes funding available in defiance of the fiscal year 2025 continuing resolution—Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-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 renewed their request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issue a legal decision on whether DOE’s allocation of these funds violated key appropriations laws by shifting hundreds of millions of dollars provided for research and development of clean energy sources to President Trump’s favored industries.
Issues:Energy and Water
February 18, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and House Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) issued a joint statement regarding an announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they will limit their cooperation with the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), removing a key safeguard that prevents individuals who may pose a threat to themselves or others from acquiring firearms.
Issues:Military Construction, VA
February 13, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement ahead of a lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security:
Issues:Homeland Security
February 11, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee was notified, pursuant to the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill, of a series of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants that the Trump administration intends to terminate:
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
February 11, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced a bill to fully fund every agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) except Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office of the Secretary.
Issues:Homeland Security
February 5, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the major reforms Democrats laid out as necessary to support any Homeland Security funding bill
Issues:Homeland Security
January 29, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that Budget Director Russell Vought and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are violating the law – which was authored by Ranking Member DeLauro – that requires public disclosure of the administration’s use of trillions of dollars in taxpayer money, known as apportionments.
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