Press Releases
July 16, 2026
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright calling on him to immediately halt the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans to illegally spend funds provided for carbon capture programs to instead prop up coal plants.
Issues:Energy and Water
July 15, 2026
Today, the Republicans’ 2027 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding bill – which forfeits American influence on the world stage, slashes humanitarian funding, and threatens women’s health around the globe – passed out of the House of Representatives.
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
July 15, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement condemning the proposed Republican budget resolution released earlier today:
Issues:AgricultureDefense
July 7, 2026
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elana Kagan will testify before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Tuesday, July 14th. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement:
Issues:Financial Services
July 7, 2026
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought calling on him to rescind OMB’s proposed rule governing all federal grants and financial assistance.
Issues:Energy and Water
June 24, 2026
Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee today advanced their 2027 funding bill during the full committee markup. The bill sets the Pentagon budget at more than $1 trillion – the largest in U.S. history and a $234 billion increase over 2026. The excessive increase in Defense spending comes as Republicans propose nearly $13 billion in cuts to domestic programs that support working people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
Issues:Defense
June 24, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on President Trump’s request for $67.1 billion in defense funding:
Issues:Defense
June 23, 2026
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a detailed breakdown of some of the devastating funding cuts proposed in House Republicans’ fiscal year 2027 Energy and Water Development funding bill.
June 16, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement following a report in the Washington Post that confirmed the Trump administration planned to use more than $300 million in taxpayer money to fund the president’s billionaire ballroom, and has already spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on its construction, while brazenly lying to the American people the whole time.
June 16, 2026
Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement after news broke that the Trump administration was taking yet another illegal step in their broader illegal effort to dismantle the Department of Education. The recent move removes special education and civil rights programs from the Department of Education and puts them in other agencies.
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education