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Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elana Kagan will testify before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Tuesday, July 14th. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement:

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought calling on him to rescind OMB’s proposed rule governing all federal grants and financial assistance.

Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee today advanced their 2027 funding bill during the full committee markup. The bill sets the Pentagon budget at more than $1 trillion – the largest in U.S. history and a $234 billion increase over 2026. The excessive increase in Defense spending comes as Republicans propose nearly $13 billion in cuts to domestic programs that support working people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on President Trump’s request for $67.1 billion in defense funding:

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a detailed breakdown of some of the devastating funding cuts proposed in House Republicans’ fiscal year 2027 Energy and Water Development funding bill.