119th Congress | House Committee on Appropriations

Ranking Member Pingree Sounds Alarm Over Indiscriminate Firing of 3,400 Forest Service Employees

February 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, says the Trump Administration’s reported firing of 3,400 U.S. Forest Service (FS) employees will severely hinder the agency’s ability to fight wildfires.

My Fellow Members of Congress: This Is a Naked Power Grab

February 13, 2025

The Constitution is clear about many things. There are three branches of government. Presidents can be elected to only two terms. And Congress, not the executive branch, has the power of the purse, meaning the power to control federal spending. It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”

Ranking Member Pingree: Trump’s Park Service Hiring Freeze a Direct Hit to Acadia and the Economy

February 13, 2025

Today, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree warned the Trump Administration that its ill-conceived federal hiring freeze will jeopardize National Park Service (NPS) operations at national parks like Acadia. Pingree called on Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to immediately resume all seasonal hiring for the NPS and emphasized that the seasonal workforce is essential to safely and successfully operating parks for more than 325 million annual visitors.

DeLauro, Kaptur Release Seven Fact Sheets Detailing How Trump’s Funding Freeze is Raising Energy Prices and Undermining Energy Dominance

February 13, 2025

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released seven new fact sheets detailing how President Trump’s funding freeze is raising prices for Americans across the country. By continuing to steal Department of Energy (DOE) funds promised to help families pay their energy bills, the Trump Administration is not only hurting the middle class, it continues to violate recent court orders.

Ranking Member DeLauro Remarks at the Career Ready Students: Innovations from Community Colleges & Private Sector Hearing

February 12, 2025

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on preparing community college students for the workforce: