119th Congress

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) delivered the following remarks during the fiscal year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies subcommittee markup:

Today, House Republicans advanced the fiscal year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill out of subcommittee. Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that endanger public health and fail to confront the climate crisis. The bill also guts resources for the arts and museums while remaining silent about the administration using the National Endowment for the Humanities as a slush fund for Trump’s Garden of Heroes and Triumphal Arch.

Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree delivered the following remarks during the fiscal year 2027 subcommittee markup: