Rosa DeLauro: “HHS needs to return the Unaccompanied Children Program to its core mission of taking care of vulnerable children.”

These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.

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.

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.

Because of this misguided war in Iran, it’s difficult for the benefits to get to people through the winter. That’s why I am so grateful to Gov. Lamont.