Press Release : Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations subcommittee markup of the 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill raises costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.

House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The bill raises costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on House passage of the national security package that includes the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024; Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024; and Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.