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Today, House Appropriations Committee Democrats highlighted how House Republicans’ misguided 2025 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill makes it more expensive for Americans to keep a roof over their heads, commute to work and school, and have a chance at homeownership. Republicans advanced their harmful bill on a party-line vote.

During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the legislation is an assault on education and job training, abandons ongoing public health crises, and eliminates funding for reproductive health. Democrats united against this bill that would harm hardworking Americans.

The House Republican 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill, and its 11 percent cut of $24.6 billion, furthers Republicans’ goal of ending public education in America and eliminates job opportunities for young adults and working families.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Democrats united against Republicans’ harmful 2025 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with crippling cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that will endanger public health, strain the economy, and increase costs. The bill also slashes funding for national parks and arts programs. Democrats unanimously rejected the legislation during today’s full committee markup.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Democrats highlighted how Republicans’ extreme 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill defunds law enforcement, makes us less safe, and hurts our economy. House Democrats were united in their opposition to the legislation.

Today, the House passed Republicans’ harmful and extreme 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill that unravels the hard-fought credibility and influence the United States has earned to be a global leader. The legislation weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk. It proposes a 12 percent cut below 2024 to the bill’s overall funding level.

Today, the House passed Republicans’ 2025 Homeland Security funding bill that squanders billions of dollars on useless, ineffective border and enforcement measures while disregarding the threats presented by terrorists, transnational criminals, foreign adversaries, and violent extremists.

Today, the House passed Republicans’ extreme 2025 Defense funding bill that harms our military readiness, undermines democracy at home and abroad, and abandons Ukraine. Instead of investing in our national security and the issues that matter most to our men and women in uniform, the bill includes harmful policy riders that divide our nation.