119th Congress | House Committee on Appropriations

DeLauro: “President Trump and Russ Vought do not deserve applause for following a law they are still breaking.”

July 25, 2025

House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) called for the release of all frozen funds following President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s decision to release more Department of Education Funds they were illegally withholding.

Republicans Threaten National Security, Abdicate United States World Leadership, and Slash Humanitarian Assistance

July 23, 2025

Today, House Appropriations Committee Republicans pushed ahead with their fiscal year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill that weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.

Ranking Member Frankel Statement at the Full Committee Markup of the 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Funding Bill

July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 bill.

Latest Non-Partisan Opinion: President Trump and Russ Vought Unlawfully Steal from Our Children

July 23, 2025

Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued another impoundment decision. After investigating the withholding of appropriated funding at the Department of Health and Human Services for the Head Start Program, GAO confirmed what we already knew: President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s attacks on American families and early childhood learning programs are unlawful.

Ranking Member DeLauro Statement at the Full Committee Markup of the Fiscal Year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Funding Bill

July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2026 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill:

Thank you, indeed my good friend, it is not said lightly, the Chairman of the full committee. I thank Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and the subcommittee staff on both sides of the aisle for their work. In particular, I want to shout out Erin Kolodjeski, Laurie Mignone, and Ed Etzkorn.

I must oppose the bill before us today, which dismantles American diplomacy and soft power, abdicates American leadership, yields the global stage to China and Russia, threatens women’s health, and abandons people around the world.