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February 4, 2025
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Today during a press conference at the Portland International Jetport, Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree spoke out against the litany of illegal and unconstitutional actions President Trump, his Administration, and Elon Musk have taken since Inauguration Day. Pingree shared that her office has received an unprecedented number of phone calls from concerned constituents, who have expressed fear and frustration over what is happening under the new Administration.
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January 31, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Defense Subcommittee Ranking Member Betty McCollum (MN-04) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s restrictions on servicemembers and their families’ freedom to take leave and travel for health care.
Subcommittees
January 31, 2025
WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island halted the implementation of an unlawful Trump administration policy to freeze federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs:
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January 31, 2025
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Ranking Member wrote a letter to the Acting Secretary of the Department of Energy demanding answers about the Trump administration withholding critical investments to lower energy costs for American families and businesses, spur innovation, and strengthen our energy security.
Subcommittees
Issues:Energy and Water
January 29, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released the following statement after Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Matthew J. Vaeth rescinded his memo directing agencies to withhold vast swaths of approved and legally required federal funding.
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January 29, 2025
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Impoundment—unilateral action taken by the executive branch to delay or cancel appropriations enacted into law—has always been unlawful.
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Subcommittees
January 28, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released a new resource highlighting some of the federal programs jeopardized by President Trump and Republicans’ unlawful freeze on federal payments.
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January 28, 2025
House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration’s illegal and unprecedented directive to pause all federal financial assistance. On Tuesday, Pingree released the following statement calling attention to the wide-ranging and life-threatening impacts this brazen act could have on Tribal communities.
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Issues:Interior and Environment
January 28, 2025
West Palm Beach, FL – Today, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after the Trump Administration ordered a total freeze on all federal financial assistance. The White House has said this would not impact Social Security and Medicare payments. However, it would disrupt programs Americans rely on every day, halting billions of dollars to state and local governments, small businesses, nonprofits, health programs, schools and universities, infrastructure projects, and disaster aid.
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January 28, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray today wrote to Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Matthew J. Vaeth raising the alarm on President Trump's unlawful executive orders and the new memoranda issued by OMB on Monday directing agencies to withhold vast swaths of approved federal funding.
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