News
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.
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.
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
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
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.”
June 25, 2018
This week, the House is expected to consider the Defense appropriations bill.
Subcommittees
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."
June 20, 2018
It is obvious that President Trump is using distraught children and anguished parents as bargaining chips to fund his border wall boondoggle. Unfortunately, it appears that the Majority is acquiescing to this strategy by dramatically increasing funding for Homeland Security.
Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill
June 20, 2018
Thank you, Chairmen Frelingyhusen and Rogers. I join my chair in expressing my appreciation to the staff. From my staff: Steve Marchese, Erin Kolodjeski, Matt Washington, Liz Leibowitz, and Monica Pons, and from the Majority staff: Craig Higgins, Susan Adams, Clelia Alvarado, David Bortnick, Winnie Chang, Dean Koulouris, Megan O'Donnell and Alex Pinson. We all know that we cannot do this without them.
June 19, 2018
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), Commerce-Justice-Science Subcommittee Ranking Member José E. Serrano (D-NY), Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) today sent a letter to their Republican counterparts demanding a hearing on the use of federal funds for the Trump administration’s family separation policy.