Press Releases

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, sent a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers about the plans he announced last week to gut staffing levels and reorganize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Today, House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), and House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement on new reports indicating that the Trump Administration is planning to strip the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of key functions—including helping communities in need to rebuild after natural disasters. Just this week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told President Trump in a cabinet meeting: “We’re going to eliminate FEMA.”

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s announcement of mass layoffs at HHS:

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) wrote to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on the Trump Administrations recent violation of the Republican 2025 full year continuing resolution.

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Elon Musk and President Trump slashing $11 billion in lifesaving resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):

Last week, through his unlawful executive order, President Trump took another step in his plan to eliminate the Department of Education. Next, he plans to eliminate Title I grants that help 26 million students learn. House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released a new fact sheet detailing the number of teachers in each district that stand to be kicked out of the classroom, leaving millions of students across the country without a teacher.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, issued the following joint statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) moved to unlawfully hide how the agency directs agencies to spend taxpayer dollars. OMB hid this information by destroying a website that publicly displayed all of these decisions, known as apportionments.

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement on President Trump’s recent step to unlawfully eliminate the Department of Education: