Press Release : Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

  • DeLauro Statement on Postponement of Full Committee Markups

    May 23, 2023 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the last-second postponement of scheduled full committee markups of the “Interim” Subcommittee Allocations; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; Homeland Security; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bills.

  • House Democrats Highlight How Republican Funding Bill Fails to Honor Our Commitment to Veterans

    May 17, 2023 Press Release
    During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, House Democrats highlighted how Republicans cannot claim to fully fund veterans’ programs with a bill that does not fully fund the Toxic Exposures Fund and underfunds military construction projects.

  • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Funding Bill Fails to Honor Our Commitment to Veterans

    May 16, 2023 Press Release
    The House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation fails to fully meet veterans’ benefits, health care, and other needs and falls short of adequately funding military construction projects.

  • House Republican Cuts Weaken Our National Security

    March 24, 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 would weaken our national security.

  • House Republican Cuts Hurt Seniors

    March 23, 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 hurt seniors.

  • 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.”

  • Appropriations Committee Organizes for 118th Congress

    February 8, 2023 Press Release
    The House Appropriations Committee today organized for the 118th Congress by adopting both the Committee Rules and Subcommittee Jurisdictions by voice vote. The Committee is now fully constituted to begin its work overseeing the nation’s discretionary spending. Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) offered reflections

  • DeLauro Announces Appropriations Committee Roster for the 118th Congress

    January 31, 2023 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today announced the Democratic rosters for the House Appropriations Committee’s 12 subcommittees in the 118th Congress, including the Subcommittee Ranking Members and full Committee Vice Ranking Member who were elected by the Committee’s Democratic Members.