House Appropriations Democrats
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Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro and House Appropriations Committee Democrats are investing in America’s working families. Updates from staff.
Last night, the Republican shutdown began. But we didn't get here overnight. This crisis has been nine months in the making.
Here's a step-by-step look at how Trump and Republicans have been steering us towards a shutdown all year:
Here's a step-by-step look at how Trump and Republicans have been steering us towards a shutdown all year:
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Last night, the Republican shutdown began. But we didn't get here overnight. This crisis has been nine months in the making.
Here's a step-by-step look at how Trump and Republicans have been steering us towards a shutdown all year:
Here's a step-by-step look at how Trump and Republicans have been steering us towards a shutdown all year:
On everything from education to women’s health to wages, Republicans’ latest spending plan is a gut punch to everyday Americans and another whopping win for billionaires and big corporations.
Appropriations Committee Democrats are calling it like they see it TODAY at 11 AM: youtu.be/azyKOybUcSQ
Appropriations Committee Democrats are calling it like they see it TODAY at 11 AM: youtu.be/azyKOybUcSQ
September 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On everything from education to women’s health to wages, Republicans’ latest spending plan is a gut punch to everyday Americans and another whopping win for billionaires and big corporations.
Appropriations Committee Democrats are calling it like they see it TODAY at 11 AM: youtu.be/azyKOybUcSQ
Appropriations Committee Democrats are calling it like they see it TODAY at 11 AM: youtu.be/azyKOybUcSQ
Nuclear threats are rising.
So what are Republicans doing?
Cutting nuclear threat prevention by 17%
What a bright idea.
So what are Republicans doing?
Cutting nuclear threat prevention by 17%
What a bright idea.
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nuclear threats are rising.
So what are Republicans doing?
Cutting nuclear threat prevention by 17%
What a bright idea.
So what are Republicans doing?
Cutting nuclear threat prevention by 17%
What a bright idea.
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Since January, we've seen Trump and Vought politicize, weaponize, and illegally withhold funding from federal agencies to the detriment of the American people.
Tune in now as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight against these efforts to hinder the efficiency of our government:
Tune in now as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight against these efforts to hinder the efficiency of our government:
Full Committee Markup of FY26 Financial Services and General Government Bill
YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee
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September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Since January, we've seen Trump and Vought politicize, weaponize, and illegally withhold funding from federal agencies to the detriment of the American people.
Tune in now as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight against these efforts to hinder the efficiency of our government:
Tune in now as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight against these efforts to hinder the efficiency of our government:
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Consumer protection?🚫CUT.
Safeguards for the stock market?🚫CUT.
Going after wealthy tax cheats?🚫CUT.
Republicans are building a lawless playground for billionaires & big corporations, where the top 1% do what they want.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
Safeguards for the stock market?🚫CUT.
Going after wealthy tax cheats?🚫CUT.
Republicans are building a lawless playground for billionaires & big corporations, where the top 1% do what they want.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Consumer protection?🚫CUT.
Safeguards for the stock market?🚫CUT.
Going after wealthy tax cheats?🚫CUT.
Republicans are building a lawless playground for billionaires & big corporations, where the top 1% do what they want.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
Safeguards for the stock market?🚫CUT.
Going after wealthy tax cheats?🚫CUT.
Republicans are building a lawless playground for billionaires & big corporations, where the top 1% do what they want.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
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Yet again, Republicans cave to billionaires while making life more expensive for the rest of us with a bill that slashes consumer protections and lets corporations scam Americans out of their hard-earned paycheck.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVb...
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVb...
Full Committee Markup of FY26 Financial Services and General Government Bill
YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee
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September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yet again, Republicans cave to billionaires while making life more expensive for the rest of us with a bill that slashes consumer protections and lets corporations scam Americans out of their hard-earned paycheck.
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVb...
Watch @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVb...
The latest round of Republican cuts lets greedy corporations cheat on their taxes, poison consumers, and continue to scam everyday Americans out of their hard-earned money.
🔴 Watch Appropriations Committee Democrats fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
🔴 Watch Appropriations Committee Democrats fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The latest round of Republican cuts lets greedy corporations cheat on their taxes, poison consumers, and continue to scam everyday Americans out of their hard-earned money.
🔴 Watch Appropriations Committee Democrats fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
🔴 Watch Appropriations Committee Democrats fight back: youtu.be/EQVbb-r6FbE
GOP Energy Bill CUTS from:
🚨 Energy efficiency & infrastructure
🚨 Nuclear threat prevention
🚨 Radioactive waste cleanup
🚨 Public-private energy innovation
Energy & Water Subcommittee Ranking Member @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social is fighting against these cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjjF...
🚨 Energy efficiency & infrastructure
🚨 Nuclear threat prevention
🚨 Radioactive waste cleanup
🚨 Public-private energy innovation
Energy & Water Subcommittee Ranking Member @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social is fighting against these cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjjF...
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 4553, H. Res. ___, H.J. Res. 104, 105, and 106
YouTube video by HouseRules
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September 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
GOP Energy Bill CUTS from:
🚨 Energy efficiency & infrastructure
🚨 Nuclear threat prevention
🚨 Radioactive waste cleanup
🚨 Public-private energy innovation
Energy & Water Subcommittee Ranking Member @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social is fighting against these cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjjF...
🚨 Energy efficiency & infrastructure
🚨 Nuclear threat prevention
🚨 Radioactive waste cleanup
🚨 Public-private energy innovation
Energy & Water Subcommittee Ranking Member @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social is fighting against these cuts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjjF...
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Trump, RFK Jr., and Vought are purging researchers, suspending medical trials, and slashing support for students in order to strengthen their own power.
Tune in at 5 p.m. today as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight to protect the health, safety, & education of the American people.
Tune in at 5 p.m. today as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight to protect the health, safety, & education of the American people.
Subcommittee Markup of FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill
YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee
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September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump, RFK Jr., and Vought are purging researchers, suspending medical trials, and slashing support for students in order to strengthen their own power.
Tune in at 5 p.m. today as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight to protect the health, safety, & education of the American people.
Tune in at 5 p.m. today as @democrats-appropriations.house.gov fight to protect the health, safety, & education of the American people.
HAPPENING SOON: On everything from education to women’s health to wages, Republicans’ latest spending plan is a gut punch to everyday Americans and another whopping win for billionaires and big corporations.
🔴 Watch House Democrats fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFB0...
🔴 Watch House Democrats fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFB0...
Subcommittee Markup of FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill
YouTube video by House Appropriations Committee
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September 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
HAPPENING SOON: On everything from education to women’s health to wages, Republicans’ latest spending plan is a gut punch to everyday Americans and another whopping win for billionaires and big corporations.
🔴 Watch House Democrats fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFB0...
🔴 Watch House Democrats fight back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFB0...
CONFIRMED: This administration stole billions in taxpayer dollars then broke the law to cover their tracks.
Russ Vought is scared of the sunshine ☀️ but the clock is ticking. ⏰
Russ Vought is scared of the sunshine ☀️ but the clock is ticking. ⏰
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
CONFIRMED: This administration stole billions in taxpayer dollars then broke the law to cover their tracks.
Russ Vought is scared of the sunshine ☀️ but the clock is ticking. ⏰
Russ Vought is scared of the sunshine ☀️ but the clock is ticking. ⏰
When America retreats from the world stage, the working class and middle class pay the price for our weakness.
By slashing investments in soft power and kneecapping the State Department, Republicans are guaranteeing a more dangerous world for everyone.
By slashing investments in soft power and kneecapping the State Department, Republicans are guaranteeing a more dangerous world for everyone.
August 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When America retreats from the world stage, the working class and middle class pay the price for our weakness.
By slashing investments in soft power and kneecapping the State Department, Republicans are guaranteeing a more dangerous world for everyone.
By slashing investments in soft power and kneecapping the State Department, Republicans are guaranteeing a more dangerous world for everyone.
For nearly 60 years, Corporation for Public Broadcasting helped fund the local stations that taught our kids to read and write, kept us informed during emergencies, and aired our local football games.
CPB made life better for everyday Americans, and Republicans killed it.
CPB made life better for everyday Americans, and Republicans killed it.
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For nearly 60 years, Corporation for Public Broadcasting helped fund the local stations that taught our kids to read and write, kept us informed during emergencies, and aired our local football games.
CPB made life better for everyday Americans, and Republicans killed it.
CPB made life better for everyday Americans, and Republicans killed it.
For millions—especially in small towns and underserved communities—public broadcasting is more than children’s shows. It is education. It is safety. It is connection.
Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov on the closure of Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
DeLauro Statement on Trump Administration Dismantling Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement in response to news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) – which supports the operations of National Public Rad...
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
August 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
For millions—especially in small towns and underserved communities—public broadcasting is more than children’s shows. It is education. It is safety. It is connection.
Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov on the closure of Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
White House: Rips food from hungry families and steals education from schoolchildren.
Also White House: Builds 90,000 square-foot golden ballroom to throw parties for Trump and his billionaire buds.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Also White House: Builds 90,000 square-foot golden ballroom to throw parties for Trump and his billionaire buds.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump is building a new $200 million ballroom at the White House
President Donald Trump will continue to put his personal stamp on the White House with a new $200 million ballroom.
abcnews.go.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
White House: Rips food from hungry families and steals education from schoolchildren.
Also White House: Builds 90,000 square-foot golden ballroom to throw parties for Trump and his billionaire buds.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Also White House: Builds 90,000 square-foot golden ballroom to throw parties for Trump and his billionaire buds.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
IT’S CONFIRMED: President Trump and Russ Vought are once again stealing from our nation’s schoolchildren.
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
July 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
IT’S CONFIRMED: President Trump and Russ Vought are once again stealing from our nation’s schoolchildren.
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
In what world does gutting food stamps and housing assistance lower costs for the working class?
Republican cuts have always been about transferring wealth to billionaires and big corporations, leaving the rest of us with scraps.
Republican cuts have always been about transferring wealth to billionaires and big corporations, leaving the rest of us with scraps.
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In what world does gutting food stamps and housing assistance lower costs for the working class?
Republican cuts have always been about transferring wealth to billionaires and big corporations, leaving the rest of us with scraps.
Republican cuts have always been about transferring wealth to billionaires and big corporations, leaving the rest of us with scraps.
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More extreme heat, supercharged hurricanes, crop failures, and thousand-year floods already impact millions of Americans every year.
Climate change is an existential threat. Mitigating it will require real, meaningful, and sustained action—and a government that actually believe in science.
Climate change is an existential threat. Mitigating it will require real, meaningful, and sustained action—and a government that actually believe in science.
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
More extreme heat, supercharged hurricanes, crop failures, and thousand-year floods already impact millions of Americans every year.
Climate change is an existential threat. Mitigating it will require real, meaningful, and sustained action—and a government that actually believe in science.
Climate change is an existential threat. Mitigating it will require real, meaningful, and sustained action—and a government that actually believe in science.
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Trump and the EPA are trying to make climate denial official U.S. policy—by claiming that climate change poses no threat to public health or the environment.
Greenhouse gases released from human activities are *the* biggest driver of climate change. That’s not opinion. That’s scientific fact.
Greenhouse gases released from human activities are *the* biggest driver of climate change. That’s not opinion. That’s scientific fact.
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change
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July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump and the EPA are trying to make climate denial official U.S. policy—by claiming that climate change poses no threat to public health or the environment.
Greenhouse gases released from human activities are *the* biggest driver of climate change. That’s not opinion. That’s scientific fact.
Greenhouse gases released from human activities are *the* biggest driver of climate change. That’s not opinion. That’s scientific fact.
President Trump and Russ Vought do not deserve applause for following a law they are still breaking.
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
President Trump and Russ Vought do not deserve applause for following a law they are still breaking.
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
🚨 Statement from Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
THIS IS THEFT.
Congress approved these funds, schools counted on them, the White House stole them.
Republicans are breaking the law in plain sight and making kids pay the price for their recklessness.
Congress approved these funds, schools counted on them, the White House stole them.
Republicans are breaking the law in plain sight and making kids pay the price for their recklessness.
July 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
THIS IS THEFT.
Congress approved these funds, schools counted on them, the White House stole them.
Republicans are breaking the law in plain sight and making kids pay the price for their recklessness.
Congress approved these funds, schools counted on them, the White House stole them.
Republicans are breaking the law in plain sight and making kids pay the price for their recklessness.
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There is an effect when you fire hardworking people from government. With children dying in Gaza, Africa and hungry kids at home — burned food aid could have kept people alive. The GOP and the White House must take responsibility and recognize their decisions and what happens next have consequences.
Congresswoman Kaptur Remarks During Appropriations SFOPs Markup Debate On Incinerated USAID Food Aid
YouTube video by USRepMarcyKaptur
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July 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is an effect when you fire hardworking people from government. With children dying in Gaza, Africa and hungry kids at home — burned food aid could have kept people alive. The GOP and the White House must take responsibility and recognize their decisions and what happens next have consequences.
They're selling American world leadership for scrap.
July 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They're selling American world leadership for scrap.
🚨 BREAKING: GAO rules President Trump illegally withheld Head Start funding.
This administration never cared about the law, and they most certainly never cared about our kids.
🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-head-start-government-accountability-office.html
This administration never cared about the law, and they most certainly never cared about our kids.
🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-head-start-government-accountability-office.html
July 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨 BREAKING: GAO rules President Trump illegally withheld Head Start funding.
This administration never cared about the law, and they most certainly never cared about our kids.
🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-head-start-government-accountability-office.html
This administration never cared about the law, and they most certainly never cared about our kids.
🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-head-start-government-accountability-office.html
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I took a stand today in the Appropriations Committee.
July 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I took a stand today in the Appropriations Committee.