119th Congress | House Committee on Appropriations

NEW: 100 Days In, Trump is Blocking At Least $430 Billion Dollars in Funding Owed to American People

April 29, 2025

Today—on President Trump’s 100th day in office—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released a new tracker detailing how President Trump is freezing at least $430 billion in federal funding that Congress has promised to communities across America.

Democratic Hearing: The Trump Administration’s Ongoing Efforts to Dismantle CDC and the Public Health System

April 28, 2025

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, leads a Democratic hearing to examine the consequences of the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and our entire public health system.

Trump’s Unprecedented Funding Freeze Hits Communities Across America

April 28, 2025

Since taking office, President Trump has trampled over our nation's laws and choked off critical investments that families, businesses, and local governments in every zip code in America are counting on.

The tracker below offers a snapshot-in-time look, as of June 3, 2025, at the vast array of federal funding that should be going out the door, but that President Trump, in an unprecedented scheme, is holding up or actively fighting in court to block.

Scroll through for a look at the $425+ billion in funding President Trump is blocking, and click HERE to read commentary from Ranking Member DeLauro and learn more about the project.

Trump To Propose “Every Child Left Behind” Budget

April 14, 2025

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to President Trump reportedly considering eliminating all funding for Head Start in his fiscal year 2026 budget request.

Kaptur, Murray Ask GAO to Look into Whether New DOE Order Will Risk More Cost Overruns, Project Delays and Failures at National Lab

April 11, 2025

Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (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, sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting it review whether a recent order issued by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright that seeks to accelerate project execution might actually lead to more cost overruns, project delays and failures, and waste, fraud, and abuse at America’s national labs.