Statements
Today, after shutting down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for 76 days and refusing to fund any agency under DHS without additional funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol, House Republican leadership finally abandoned their senseless opposition to this common-sense solution and allowed a vote in the House on the unanimous Senate-passed bill, which closely mirrors legislation Ranking Member DeLauro introduced in February. The bill passed overwhelmingly.
Today, House Appropriations Committee Republicans advanced their 2027 Legislative Branch funding bill out of subcommittee. The legislation weakens government oversight and aids and abets President Trump in continuing to steal money promised to the middle class, working class, and vulnerable Americans.
Republicans today advanced the fiscal year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill out of subcommittee. The bill hurts the economy as Americans struggle to keep up with high prices, makes families and children less safe, and continues Republicans’ attacks on America’s competitiveness.
Today, the House Appropriations Committee passed on a party-line vote 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.
Today—as the Department of Energy (DOE) makes funding available in defiance of the fiscal year 2025 continuing resolution—Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-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 renewed their request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issue a legal decision on whether DOE’s allocation of these funds violated key appropriations laws by shifting hundreds of millions of dollars provided for research and development of clean energy sources to President Trump’s favored industries.