Press Releases
October 3, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s announcement that he is terminating $2.1 billion in lawfully approved funding for Chicago’s public transit system.
October 2, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) released a breakdown by Congressional District of the energy projects terminated by President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought.
October 1, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought terminating energy projects under the guise of the Republican shutdown
September 30, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement on President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought unilaterally and unlawfully defunding the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) through the apportionment process.
Subcommittees
September 29, 2025
Today, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released yet another analysis showing that the Trump Administration continues to violate the law by freezing critical funding promised to communities across the nation. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement.
September 26, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling that allows President Trump to continue withholding billions in foreign assistance approved by Congress—including amounts which he is illegally seeking to cancel through a “pocket rescission.” The ruling is not a final decision on whether the president can unilaterally cancel funding approved by Congress via a “pocket rescission.”
September 23, 2025
As President Trump cancels his meeting with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a new timeline on the looming Republican shutdown.
Subcommittees
September 19, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on Speaker Mike Johnson canceling the two days of previously-scheduled votes before a Republican shutdown, Monday, September 29, and Tuesday, September 30.
Subcommittees
September 19, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on House passage of Republicans’ partisan continuing resolution.
Subcommittees
September 17, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, introduced a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded and allow negotiations to continue over full-year bills that ensure Congress, not President Trump or Russ Vought, decides how taxpayer dollars are spent. The CR also addresses the health care crisis Republicans have single-handedly created and protects Congress’ power of the purse, rejecting President Trump’s illegal “pocket rescission.”
Subcommittees