Press Release : National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
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House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Orders to reinstate the expanded Global Gag Rule and prevent women from accessing health care.
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House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the introduction of a funding bill to avert a government shutdown.
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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.
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Today, the House passed Republicans’ harmful and extreme 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill that unravels the hard-fought credibility and influence the United States has earned to be a global leader. The legislation weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk. It proposes a 12 percent cut below 2024 to the bill’s overall funding level.
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House Republicans’ 2025 State, Foreign Operations funding bill is a reversal of the United States’ historic position on the world stage and threatens our national security. Numerous non-profit, faith-based, and advocacy organizations have expressed grave concerns with the House Republicans’ plan to slash State, Foreign Operations funding by 12 percent, the lowest level lowest level in over a decade.
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Today, House Appropriations Committee Democrats highlighted how Republicans’ extreme 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill unravels the hard-fought credibility and influence the United States has earned as a global leader. The legislation weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.
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WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations subcommittee markup of the 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill threatens our national security, threatens women’s health globally, hampers our response to the climate crisis, and underfunds the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation weakens our national security and puts the American people and public health preparedness at risk.
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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.
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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.