Press Releases

Yesterday, Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) of the Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding answers regarding a political appointee remaining on paid administrative leave nine months after they were removed from their position. The appointee in question, Ms. Cathy Tripodi, served as the Director of DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (OCED). She was removed from her position in October 2025.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on automatic continuing resolutions.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the passage of House Republicans’ continuing resolution.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks before the House Rules Committee regarding the House Republican Continuing Resolution released on Friday.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) together with the other eleven Democratic subcommittee Ranking Members urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to withdraw its proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance in a letter submitted as part of the proposed rule’s comment process.

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, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright calling on him to immediately halt the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans to illegally spend funds provided for carbon capture programs to instead prop up coal plants.

Today, the Republicans’ 2027 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding bill – which forfeits American influence on the world stage, slashes humanitarian funding, and threatens women’s health around the globe – passed out of the House of Representatives.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement condemning the proposed Republican budget resolution released earlier today: