Statements
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, released a scathing statement in response to the Trump Administration's mass termination of National Endowment for the Humanities grants.
WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s announcement of mass layoffs at HHS:
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) wrote to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on the Trump Administrations recent violation of the Republican 2025 full year continuing resolution.
WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Elon Musk and President Trump slashing $11 billion in lifesaving resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued the following statement on President Trump’s recent step to unlawfully eliminate the Department of Education: