Press Releases
August 8, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the continuing resolution passed in the Senate early this morning:
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August 7, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement following a ruling by a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that President Trump’s billionaire ballroom project cannot continue without Congressional authorization.
August 7, 2026
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling ordering the Trump administration to release $65 million in withheld payments to legal service providers contracted to represent unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings in accordance with U.S. law. The court gave the Trump administration until 12:00pm PST (3:00pm EST) today to release the funds, which are reimbursements for services already rendered.
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
August 4, 2026
On July 31, the federal contract between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Acacia Center for Justice, the nonprofit provider of legal services to unaccompanied children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), lapsed after the Trump administration refused to extend the agreement unless the nonprofit agreed to hand over sensitive case information about the children. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the lapse in legal services funding:
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
August 4, 2026
As the U.S. Senate continues its consideration of President Trump’s former personal defense attorney Todd Blanche for the position of U.S. Attorney General, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement:
Issues:Commerce, Justice, Science
August 2, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the passing of former House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger.
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August 2, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the continuing resolution introduced today in the Senate:
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July 28, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after the State Department notified Congress of its intent to release $600 million in lawfully appropriated funding for Gavi, an international organization that supports children in developing nations with vaccine access.
July 24, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement after the Trump administration admitted in court documents that they terminated energy grants based only on political considerations:
Issues:Energy and Water
July 24, 2026
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:
Issues:Energy and Water