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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Committee Contact Information

1036 Longworth House Office Building
Phone (202) 225-3481

Membership

Democrats 

  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro – Ranking Member
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer 
  • Rep. Mark Pocan 
  • Rep. Lois Frankel 
  • Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman 
  • Rep. Josh Harder 
  • Rep. Madeleine Dean 

Republicans

  • Rep. Robert Aderholt – Chair
  • Rep. Mike Simpson 
  • Rep. Andy Harris 
  • Rep. Chuck Fleischmann 
  • Rep. John Moolenaar 
  • Rep. Julia Letlow – Vice Chair
  • Rep. Andrew Clyde 
  • Rep. Jake Ellzey 
  • Rep. Stephanie Bice 
  • Rep. Riley Moore 

Jurisdiction

  • Department of Education
  • Department of Health and Human Services (except Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Food and Drug Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities; and National Institute of Environmental Sciences (Superfund-related activities))
  • Department of Labor
  • Related Agencies
    • Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
    • Corporation for National and Community Service 
    • Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
    • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 
    • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
    • Institute of Museum and Library Services 
    • Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
    • Medicare Payment Advisory Commission 
    • National Council on Disability 
    • National Labor Relations Board 
    • National Mediation Board 
    • Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
    • Railroad Retirement Board 
    • Social Security Administration
Recent Activity
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, sent a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya calling out the Trump administration’s reckless decision to terminate at least 2,370 active NIH grants, an illegal move that has upended biomedical research and threatened patients’ access to treatment, and demanding that NIH provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the legal authority being used to terminate grants, a comprehensive list of grant cancellations, details on the impact to clinical trials, and the criteria used for termination decisions.
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s proposed rescissions package.
Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) of the House Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) of the House Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer demanding answers after DOL canceled dozens of Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grants. These grants were specifically appropriated by Congress and are vital to increasing the number of female apprentices in skilled trades and non-traditional apprenticeships.
House Appropriations Committee and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) issued the following statement on a federal court’s ruling that President Trump and Secretary McMahon are illegally dismantling the Department of Education.
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee’s fiscal year 2026 budget hearing for the U.S. Department of Education: