News
September 18, 2023
House Republicans are still more focused on introducing extreme funding bills than working on a bipartisan solution that could be enacted. Their funding bill would only keep the government open until October 31, 2023. This deadline guarantees Congress will need to pass another Continuing Resolution (CR) and means that either House Republicans will slash critical resources again at the end of October or the dangerous cuts in this extreme bill will be in place until Congress is able to pass all 12 full-year bills.
Subcommittees
September 18, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in opposition to a rule for the House to consider Republicans’ continuing resolution.
September 18, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a statement following Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton’s announcement that she will not seek reelection.
September 17, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement in response to the House Republicans’ extreme continuing resolution.
September 13, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement after House Republicans failed to consider their own 2024 Defense Appropriations bill.
Subcommittees
September 13, 2023
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ranking Member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Department of Veterans Affairs Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Initiative Hearing.
August 1, 2023
The House Republican 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill, and its 28 percent cut of $64 billion, portends their intent to end public education in America and eliminate job opportunities for young adults and working families.
July 27, 2023
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on House Republicans’ failure to advance their 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill.
July 27, 2023
House Republicans today continued their march toward decimating the programs people depend on in order to line the pockets of billionaires and big corporations by forcing through their 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill. House Democrats were united in revealing how this bill – which cuts military construction by over $1.5 billion, and takes us closer to a national abortion ban – fails to honor our commitment to veterans, servicemembers, and their families
July 26, 2023
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the fiscal year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill.