Press Releases
July 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee; Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce; Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee; Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); and Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education issued the following statement after the Department of Education (ED) and Department of Labor (DOL) announced plans to transfer career and technical education and adult education programs from ED to DOL.
Subcommittees
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
July 15, 2025
Republican Commerce, Justice, Science funding bill would eliminate thousands of federal law enforcement agents and analysts, make life easier for violent criminals, erode American scientific strength, and threaten national security.
Subcommittees
Issues:Commerce, Justice, Science
July 15, 2025
During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill, Democrats emphasized that Republicans’ extreme funding bill weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.
Subcommittees
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
July 15, 2025
During this morning’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats emphasized that President Trump and Republicans are doing nothing to lower the cost of living. Instead, they are introducing funding bills that raise utility bills and energy prices and fail to confront the climate crisis.
July 14, 2025
During today’s Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee markup of the 2026 funding bill, House Democrats exposed how the bill increases costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.
Subcommittees
Issues:Energy and Water
July 14, 2025
During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2026 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the 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.
Subcommittees
Issues:Transportation, HUD
July 14, 2025
House Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation defunds law enforcement, makes us less safe, and hurts our economy.
Subcommittees
Issues:Commerce, Justice, Science
July 14, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation—the biggest pullback from international engagement ever—weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.
Subcommittees
Issues:State, Foreign Operations
July 14, 2025
Today, House Republicans released the draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with crippling cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that endanger public health and fail to confront the climate crisis. The bill also slashes funding for National Parks and arts programs.
Subcommittees
Issues:Interior and Environment
July 13, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The bill raises costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.
Subcommittees
Issues:Energy and Water