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February 27, 2025
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D, 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, sent a new letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, demanding answers about the Department of Energy’s freeze of key energy investments. Kaptur and Murray pressed Secretary Wright to provide answers to questions they posed in a January 31 letter — responses that DOE has failed to provide—and to expeditiously release illegally blocked funding.
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February 26, 2025
Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee's oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Subcommittees
Issues:Commerce, Justice, Science
February 26, 2025
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Federal Investments in Elementary Education.
Subcommittees
Issues:Labor, HHS, Education
February 25, 2025
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee's oversight hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program.
Subcommittees
Issues:Energy and Water
February 25, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released data on the estimated number of veterans fired so far by Trump and unchecked billionaire President Elon Musk.
Issues:Fact Sheets and Background
February 22, 2025
More than 100 tribal representatives and organizations will testify before the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee this week, in one of the largest collective testimonies by Native communities in recent committee history.
For weeks, I have been sounding the alarm on the devastating impacts that the Trump administration’s policies are having on our communities—from our farmers and educators to our scientists and small businesses. I hope the tribal witnesses we’ll hear from will share how this administration is affecting the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous people in their communities — and across the country.
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February 21, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Ranking Member Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released a fact sheet detailing a few of the ways Trump and unchecked billionaire President Musk are stealing from American farmers. This new fact sheet includes district-level information on the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
Issues:Fact Sheets and Background
February 21, 2025
Today, U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee sent a letter demanding answers to the halting of all funds for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and provided a table showing the funds stolen from constituents by Member District.
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February 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI), demanded the Trump Administration immediately reinstate terminated Indian Affairs employees, lift the hiring freeze, and officially rescind the deferred resignation and early retirement offers. As Ranking Members of the Senate and House Interior Appropriations Subcommittees, Merkley and Pingree wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging the Administration to instead work to strengthen and grow the Indian Affairs staff to best meet the needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in accordance with our treaty and trust obligations.
Issues:Interior and Environment
February 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In letters sent today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the United States Forest Service, and Department of the Interior (DOI), which encompasses eleven bureaus, including the National Park Service, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) demanded answers and transparency from the Trump Administration over the mass termination of federal employees.
Issues:Interior and Environment