Rosa DeLauro

As Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am fighting to keep this funding stream secure so that Planned Parenthood and other women’s health groups can continue providing health care services to our communities.

The Constitution says that the appropriations process is the power of the purse. You are ignoring that. You flout the Constitution every single day and you have been doing it for the last year and a half … we’re not going to continue to…

It is your responsibility to get the money out of the door in a timely fashion, and if you can’t do this, we need to take a look, because Congress provides the authority for this.

Birthright citizenship is crystal clear in the Constitution. This ruling should never have been so close.

3,900 kids were separated.

There is concern for children across the board.

I will point my finger at you.

Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, do not interrupt.

Vought continues to attempt to steal from communities across the country. Now, he is trying to set a new political test on grants for a wide swath of the federal government.

The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the denial of lifesaving disaster relief, funding for research into cures, the closure of Head Start offices, and more.

Our children shape our future.

Our children shape our future," said Congresswoman DeLauro.

Toxic substances must be banned from food packaging – Americans deserve the peace of mind that the products they buy are not increasing their risk of cancer or hormone disruption.

This will not be the last outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. We must invest in global health infrastructure.

The Trump administration has systematically dismantled much of our global health infrastructure, without giving a thought to the consequences.

Congress must invest in veterans, address the health care crisis that is raising costs on more than 20 million Americans, and prevent President Trump from not spending appropriated dollars in our communities

When would you reevaluate budgets? Who would check the executive branch? What if Congress never weighed in?

It’s about people being able to afford health care in this nation.

Get over it! Get over it!

This is a pattern of negligence — cutting corners to protect the company's bottom line at the expense of consumers and these conditions show a complete disregard for food safety and for the public health of the American people.

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.

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

If you don’t have information then you are moving against a democratic process and you’re constraining government.

Your lack of transparency shows disdain for the right of the public to understand how taxpayer dollars are being spent and for the rule of law.

Serious questions about what exactly this administration is seeking to hide from the committees—and the American people.