Statements

Today, 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 issued the following statement in response to a court filing recently made public in which the Department of Energy admits that the only reason the Trump Administration chose to terminate nearly 300 energy projects in blue states last October during the government shutdown is the fact that the projects were located in states that did not vote for the President and that are represented by Democratic Senators:

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued this statement following House passage of the Republican’s budget resolution, which is the first step in a series of procedural actions to spend $95 billion on President Trump’s war of choice with Iran and other priorities.

Today, the Republicans’ 2027 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs funding bill – which forfeits American influence on the world stage, slashes humanitarian funding, and threatens women’s health around the globe – passed out of the House of Representatives.