Appropriations Full Committee

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement following a report in the Washington Post that confirmed the Trump administration planned to use more than $300 million in taxpayer money to fund the president’s billionaire ballroom, and has already spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on its construction, while brazenly lying to the American people the whole time.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued a statement after news broke that the Trump administration was taking yet another illegal step in their broader illegal effort to dismantle the Department of Education. The recent move removes special education and civil rights programs from the Department of Education and puts them in other agencies.

Republicans on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee today advanced their 2027 funding bill during a closed meeting. The bill sets the Pentagon budget at more than $1 trillion – the largest in U.S. history and a $234 billion increase over 2026. The extravagant increase in Defense spending comes as Republicans propose steep cuts to domestic programs that support working people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.