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Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led a letter to Secretary Linda McMahon demanding a reversal of a new policy the Department of Education announced recently that suddenly upended departmental policy and imposed new red tape on states, which will prevent them from accessing pandemic relief funds they are counting on to support students’ learning.
On March 24, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) illegally removed the transparency website that details how the White House—whether it is led by a Democrat or a Republican—spends taxpayer dollars.
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13), Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's fiscal year 2026 budget hearing for the U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s announcement of mass layoffs at HHS:
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) wrote to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought on the Trump Administrations recent violation of the Republican 2025 full year continuing resolution.