Press Releases
October 24, 2025
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement concerning the Trump administration’s illegal move to withhold available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.
October 20, 2025
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright blasting the latest reductions in force (RIF) ordered during the government shutdown.
October 18, 2025
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is spending $200 million of taxpayer money on a pair of top-of-the-line luxury Gulfstream G700 private jets during a government shutdown.
October 16, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement regarding U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston’s ruling blocking President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s illegal attempt to fire federal workers:
October 11, 2025
House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement regarding the reduction in force at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
October 10, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement regarding Office of Management and Budget Director (OMB) Russ Vought’s attempted mass firing of federal employees:
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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.
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