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WASHINGTON — Today, the House passed Republicans’ extreme 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill, continuing their failed 2024 crusade to decimate the programs Americans depend on in order to line the pockets of billionaires and big corporations. House Democrats proved how this bill – which cuts military construction by $718 million and takes us closer to a national abortion ban – fails to honor our commitment to veterans, servicemembers, and their families. This bill:

WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations subcommittee markup of the 2025 Defense funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill undermines democracy at home and abroad and includes harmful policy riders that divide our nation.

WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations subcommittee markup of the 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill threatens our national security, threatens women’s health globally, hampers our response to the climate crisis, and underfunds the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2025 Homeland Security funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill creates chaos at the border, weakens America’s national security, and fails to protect Americans from terrorism and violent extremists.

The House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2025 Financial Services and General Government funding bill which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation benefits billionaires, big corporations, and the well-connected at the expense of hardworking Americans. It makes communities less safe and enables individuals to commit fraud and sell dangerous products.

House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released their 2025 Defense funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. Instead of investing in our national security and the issues that matter most to our men and women in uniform, the bill undermines democracy at home and abroad and includes harmful policy riders that divide our nation.

House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.

House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released their draft 2025 Homeland Security funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The bill covers agencies, offices, and programs in the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.