Rosa DeLauro: “The private right of action, and then, if we are not appropriately resourcing the U.S. Department of Labor... we are…”

Not only is freezing the money in this proposal illegal, but the administration has also clearly been unlawfully impounding funds all year just to get to this point.

“I want to reestablish the COVID-era Expanded Child Tax Credit, which supporters say lifted millions out of poverty.”

The Senate bill text is a clear improvement over the House Republican continuing resolution.

Circumventing Congress to divert money intended to help Americans who are exposed to HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases—and directing those funds to the Department of Defense—is beyond the pale.