Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is sounding the alarm over illegal plans by Elon Musk’s rogue “agency” to gut grant funding for the National Park Service. Many of the grants, including two in Maine, targeted by DOGE for elimination aimed to support Tribes and protect public lands from the impacts of climate change. Pingree, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the National Park Service, released the following statement:

Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, led a request to the Library of Congress Inspector General Kimberly Benoit seeking an investigation and continued monitoring of potential improper communications between the Library of Congress—a legislative branch agency—and the executive branch, including the possibility of the unauthorized transfer of congressional or Library data to executive branch agencies and personnel.

Last week, United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for a hearing on the Department of Energy’s fiscal year 2026 budget request. During the hearing, Secretary Wright made several incorrect, misleading, or outright false statements.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on President Trump’s abrupt firing of the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration has fired Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton the day after he appeared before the House Appropriations Committee.

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s executive order to block federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR):

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s plan for fiscal year 2026.

House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s cancellation of $1 billion in school-based mental health and mental health services professional development grants.