Press Release : Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

WASHINGTON — Today, the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill with bipartisan support to avoid a funding shortfall for Veterans Affairs pensions and benefits. This bill provides $3 billion in mandatory funding for VA compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits.

Today, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, alongside several education, environmental, labor, and public health advocates, experts, and community leaders, discussed the dire consequences of the House Republican majority’s dangerous spending cuts and the harmful and discriminatory policy riders throughout all 12 fiscal year 2025 funding bills.

WASHINGTON — Today, the House passed Republicans’ extreme 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill, continuing their failed 2024 crusade to decimate the programs Americans depend on in order to line the pockets of billionaires and big corporations. House Democrats proved how this bill – which cuts military construction by $718 million and takes us closer to a national abortion ban – fails to honor our commitment to veterans, servicemembers, and their families. This bill:

During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill worsens the quality of life for veterans, servicemembers, and their families and falls short of adequately funding military construction projects.

WASHINGTON — During this evening’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, House Democrats highlighted how the bill fails to meet veterans’ needs fully and falls short of adequately funding military construction projects.

House Appropriations Committee Republicans released the 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill which will be considered in the subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation fails to meet veterans’ needs fully and falls short of adequately funding military construction projects.

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.