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July 19, 2023
House Republicans' fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, currently being considered before the full House Appropriations Committee, takes an aggressive anti-environment pro-pollution stance with a crippling 39 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that will endanger public health, strain the economy, and increase costs. Stakeholders and organizations have expressed their concerns with the House Republicans’ funding plans. A selection of those concerns is included below.
July 19, 2023
House Republicans’ cuts to the Interior and Environment funding bill touch all aspects of programs that the American people depend on to ensure our air is safe to breathe, our water is safe to drink, and we are resilient in a changing climate. These cuts extend to undermining crucial support for the arts and humanities, which are an integral part of our communities and our society.
July 19, 2023
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
July 19, 2023
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01), Ranking Member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
July 18, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Republicans passed their fiscal year 2024 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill, which makes traveling less safe, ignores low-income families living in hazardous conditions, and threatens to shutter our economy.
July 18, 2023
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill.
July 18, 2023
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Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Ranking Member of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill.
July 17, 2023
House Republicans have slashed critical infrastructure and housing investments by over 28 percent while giving a $51 billion tax break—billionaires would not have to pay the taxes they owe.
July 14, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Republicans today advanced their draft fiscal year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill. The legislation is an assault on education and job training, decimates research funding, and abandons ongoing public health crises.
July 14, 2023
House Republicans today advanced their fiscal year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill. The legislation defunds law enforcement, makes us less safe, and hurts our economy.