Press Releases
March 31, 2026
After House Republican leadership chose to extend the Homeland Security shutdown by blocking the bipartisan bill passed unanimously by the Senate, the shutdown continued, becoming the longest in American history.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 26, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued a statement after President Trump announced that after 41 days of withholding paychecks from TSA workers, he was going to allow his administration to pay them.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 26, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks during debate on the House Floor:
Issues:Homeland Security
DeLauro on House Floor: “There is no practical need to condition funding for TSA on funding for ICE”
March 25, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 24, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in opposition to Republicans’ political theater:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 23, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a fact sheet detailing how the Trump Administration under the recently fired and forever-disgraced Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been dismantling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and making Americans less safe since day one.
March 20, 2026
Today, Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, participated in a visit to the United Nations and a field hearing at the United States Mission to the United Nations, hosted by U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz.
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
March 20, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks during a National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee hearing at the United Nations:
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
March 19, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued a statement after the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon is seeking $200 billion for President Trump’s war in Iran.
Issues:Defense
March 18, 2026
Today, as the Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached its 32nd day, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) opened a discharge petition to bring up her bill that would fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (FEMA), and the U.S. Coast Guard, along with every other part of DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office of the Secretary.