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House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation is an assault on education and job training, slashes medical research, abandons ongoing public health crises, and eliminates funding for reproductive health.

House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s unlawful effort to unilaterally cancel appropriated funding.

House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement calling for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be fired.

House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to allow President Trump to cut off National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants.

Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, sent a letter to President Trump strongly opposing his attempt to undermine the curatorial independence of the Smithsonian Institution. In the letter, Pingree calls out the president’s plan to install political appointees—without relevant experience—to decide what American history is displayed in the nation’s museums and how it is presented.

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement in response to news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) – which supports the operations of National Public Radio (NPR), the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and local public media stations – will begin winding down after targeted defunding by the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans:

WASHINGTON — Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a decision finding that the Department of Energy violated the Impoundment Control Act. After investigating delayed awards for the Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools Program, GAO confirmed what we already knew: President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s theft of appropriated funds violates the Impoundment Control Act.

ouse Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s release of $15 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funds while they continue to unlawfully withhold funds from agencies across the federal government.