Rosa DeLauro: “we should be doing everything we can to increase access to these programs, not cutting off very basic education services…”

It's a clear line in the sand that Democrats have drawn for months.

I am proud that nearly $53 million in federal funds are now one big step closer to putting money in the pockets of Connecticut farmers.

This is a vital check on executive power that is long overdue.

I am deeply fearful that, at a time when appropriators must come together to defend our power of the purse, the path the majority has chosen will only survive to degrade the efficacy and credibility of what we are doing in this room.