Press Release : Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

  • Ranking Member DeLauro Calls for Passage of National Security Funding Bills

    April 18, 2024 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today called on Democrats and Republicans to unite and pass the package of three national security funding bills. These bills provide support for Ukraine’s battle against Russian tyranny and Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists, as well as security for Taiwan and deterrence against Chinese aggression, and to address humanitarian crises in Gaza, Ukraine, and other populations caught in conflict zones.

  • Ranking Member DeLauro Supports Three Security Funding Bills: “We cannot retreat from the world.”

    April 17, 2024 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced her support for the package of three security funding bills introduced in the House that mirror the Senate-passed bipartisan National Security Act, 2024.

  • Appropriations Committees Release 2024 Government Funding Legislation

    March 3, 2024 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today joined Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX-12) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) in releasing six fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. This package includes the following funding bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.

  • House Republicans Pass Extreme Funding Bill that Raises Energy Costs, Hurts U.S. Competitiveness, and Ignores the Climate Crisis

    October 26, 2023 Press Release
    Today, House Republicans voted to raise costs for American families by passing their extreme 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill. This bill includes harmful provisions that increase energy costs by cutting clean energy programs, fail to diversify energy production and storage, yield leadership of the global energy future to China, ignore the scientific consensus on climate change, and increase our dependence on foreign energy. House Democrats were united in their opposition, voting unanimously against the bill.

  • House Republicans Pass Energy and Water Funding Bill that Raises Energy Costs, Undermines Climate Readiness and Resilience

    June 22, 2023 Press Release
    During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, Democrats spoke out against harmful provisions that increase energy costs, fail to diversify energy production and storage, yield leadership of the global energy future to China, ignore the scientific consensus on climate change, and increase our dependence on foreign energy. House Democrats were united in their opposition, voting unanimously against the bill.

  • House Republicans Advance Energy and Water Funding Bill that Raises Costs for Families

    June 15, 2023 Press Release
    During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, House Republicans passed a bill that reneges on the debt limit agreement that was just signed into law, raises costs for families, and weakens energy security and our ability to out-compete China.

  • Republican Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Funding Bill Raises Costs for Families and Weakens Our Energy Security

    June 14, 2023 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. With massive cuts that renege on the debt limit agreement that was just signed into law, the bill raises costs for families and weakens energy security and our ability to out-compete China.

  • House Republican Cuts Increase Costs for Hardworking Families

    March 21, 2023 Press Release
    Based on information the House Appropriations Committee received from agency leaders in the Biden Administration, House Republicans’ reported proposal to cut fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending back to the fiscal year 2022 enacted level—resulting in a cut of at least 22 percent for essential programs—would increase costs for hard working people and middle-class families.

  • Appropriations Committee Democrats Praise President Biden’s 2024 Budget

    March 9, 2023 Press Release
    Today, House Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Members praised President Biden's 2024 budget request. Reactions are below.

  • DeLauro Statement on President Biden’s 2024 Budget

    March 9, 2023 Press Release
    “I look forward to reviewing this budget and working with my colleagues in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle to pass final funding bills that continue to help hardworking people. As we head into budget hearings, I offer an important reminder: no Member, Senator, party, or chamber can do it alone.”

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