Press Releases

In Wake of Mueller Indictments, Lowey and Quigley Urge House Republicans to Reverse Election Security Cuts

July 13, 2018

In the wake of an indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller detailing Russian intrusion into state election systems during the 2016 election, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Quigley (D-IL) today urged House Republicans to restore funding for election security grants.

Subcommittees

Financial Services and General Government (115th Congress)

Appropriations Democrats Secure Amendments to Protect Migrant Children, Demand End to Family Separation

July 11, 2018

The House Appropriations Committee today adopted 12 Democratic amendments to protect migrant children separated from their families by President Donald Trump's cruel family separation policy and to demand an end to family separation during markup of the fiscal year 2019 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.

Despite these successes, House Republicans severely worsened the humanitarian situation for migrant children by adopting a partisan amendment to allow migrant children to be held in unlicensed family detention facilities for prolonged periods of time.

Subcommittees

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

DeLauro statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill

July 11, 2018

We could choose to expand worker protections and job training. We could choose to reach more kids through Head Start. We could choose to help college students afford the ever-growing cost of higher education with larger Pell Grants. But sadly, this bill does not.

Subcommittees

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill

July 11, 2018

This bill undermines quality, affordable health care for American families by including extreme right-wing riders that block implementation of the Affordable Care Act and stall medical research. And it continues Republicans’ war on women’s health by attacking Planned Parenthood and eliminating family planning and teen pregnancy prevention.

Subcommittees

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Pelosi Names Conferees to Minibus Appropriations Bill

June 28, 2018

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today named House Democrats to serve on a conference committee of the House and Senate versions of the Minibus Appropriations bill.

Subcommittees

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Legislative Branch (115th Congress)

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Visclosky floor statement on FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Act

June 26, 2018

Oversight of the management and expenditure of the $674 billion that is provided to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community is a core function of the Defense Subcommittee.

Subcommittees

Defense (115th Congress)

Lowey floor statement on FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Act

June 26, 2018

Unlike other spending measures considered this year, this bill is the product of an inclusive process that invests in bipartisan priorities and is free of poison pill riders. It was written within the funding levels agreed upon in the most recent budget agreement, skipping OCO-to-base gimmicks previously employed to skirt the capped funding levels.

Subcommittees

Defense (115th Congress)

Lowey, DeLauro Statement on House GOP’s Cancellation of Labor-HHS-Education Markup

June 25, 2018

“Thousands of children are still separated from their parents because of the Trump administration’s policy of ripping families apart. With today’s cancellation, Republicans are making clear that they care more about protecting their vulnerable incumbents than protecting vulnerable children.”

Subcommittees

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Summary of FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Act

June 25, 2018

This week, the House is expected to consider the Defense appropriations bill.

Subcommittees

Defense (115th Congress)

Lowey Statement on Failure of Trump-GOP Rescissions Bill

June 20, 2018

“The Trump-GOP rescissions bill was a disastrous attempt to play election year politics by eliminating funding for children’s health insurance and slashing investments that create jobs and strengthen communities. The Senate was right to reject this attack on American children and families."