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July 28, 2025
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, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to issue a legal decision on whether President Trump’s Department of Energy (DOE) violated key appropriations laws in shifting hundreds of millions of dollars provided for research and development of clean energy sources in the full-year continuing resolution (CR) President Trump signed into law in March and steering those funds to energy sources it favors.
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July 28, 2025
The Litigation Task Force led 157 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Office of Management and Budget’s unlawful freezing of congressional appropriated funds in order to further President Trump’s reckless agenda. Their argument makes clear that the President cannot unilaterally bypass the Congress—and thereby the will of the American people—and withhold appropriated funds based on his own priorities or policy preferences. It also underscores that under the United States Constitution, Congress has the exclusive power to appropriate funds and to make laws governing their use.
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July 25, 2025
House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) called for the release of all frozen funds following President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s decision to release more Department of Education Funds they were illegally withholding.
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July 23, 2025
Today, House Appropriations Committee Republicans pushed ahead with their fiscal year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill that weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.
July 23, 2025
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 bill.
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
July 23, 2025
Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued another impoundment decision. After investigating the withholding of appropriated funding at the Department of Health and Human Services for the Head Start Program, GAO confirmed what we already knew: President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s attacks on American families and early childhood learning programs are unlawful.
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July 23, 2025
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill:
Thank you, indeed my good friend, it is not said lightly, the Chairman of the full committee. I thank Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and the subcommittee staff on both sides of the aisle for their work. In particular, I want to shout out Erin Kolodjeski, Laurie Mignone, and Ed Etzkorn.
I must oppose the bill before us today, which dismantles American diplomacy and soft power, abdicates American leadership, yields the global stage to China and Russia, threatens women’s health, and abandons people around the world.
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
July 22, 2025
WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, Democrats shined a light on how Republicans drafted yet another funding bill that makes the cost-of-living crisis worse. Their bill raises energy utility bills while slashing funds for National Parks and the arts.
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Issues:Interior and Environment
July 22, 2025
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill:
Issues:Interior and Environment
July 22, 2025
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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01), Ranking Member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 bill:
Issues:Interior and Environment