Press Releases
March 17, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member delivered the following remarks on the House Floor regarding Republicans’ refusal to support funding legislation for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 16, 2026
Today, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement after a federal judge blocked Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule:
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
March 13, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement as workers across the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard, and Secret Service missed a full paycheck.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 12, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement after Senate Republicans blocked funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA):
Issues:Homeland Security
March 12, 2026
Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement on the Trump Administration's release of 172 Million barrels of Oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Issues:Energy and Water
March 9, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement following security-check delays at airports in Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta and across the country.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 5, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement following House Republicans’ cynical attempt to exploit the chaos caused by President Trump’s war with Iran to advance their partisan agenda.
Issues:Homeland Security
March 5, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 4, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) gave the following remarks during debate on the Rule to bring up Republicans’ Homeland Security bill:
Issues:Homeland Security
March 3, 2026
Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee; Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to top Trump administration officials set to brief Congress today.
Issues:Defense