In full-year funding negotiations, I will prioritize reasserting Congress's authority over federal spending by beating back the administration's efforts to hijack grant funding.
Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Prioritize reasserting Congress's authority over federal spending in full-year funding negotiations by resisting administration efforts to control grant funding.. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Statement as House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member about full-year federal funding negotiations and administration attempts to exert political control over grant funding.
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As we move forward with full-year funding negotiations, reasserting Congress’s authority over federal spending by beating back the administration’s efforts to hijack grant funding will be of central importance.
DeLauro identified reasserting Congress's spending authority and resisting administration control over grant funding as a central priority in upcoming full-year funding negotiations.
“I will continue to demand reforms to prevent this kind of abuse of power, and I hope my Republican colleagues do the same. As we move forward with fiscal year 2027 funding negotiations, protecting Congress’s power of the purse will remain a top priority.”
DeLauro commits to continuing to demand reforms against alleged impoundment abuses and to prioritizing Congress's power of the purse in FY 2027 funding negotiations.
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"Sec. 157. (a) Notwithstanding section 106, through December 11, 2026, a rule to revise the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted continuing resolution temporarily bars finalization or effect of the May 29, 2026 OMB federal financial assistance rule through December 11, 2026, showing a partial temporary block but not a full-year resolution.
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"appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The same enacted measure is a temporary continuing appropriation, not final full-year funding; the relevant negotiations remain unresolved beyond the stopgap window.
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"As we move forward with full-year funding negotiations, reasserting Congress’s authority over federal spending by beating back the administration’s efforts to hijack grant funding will be of central importance."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DeLauro explicitly renewed the commitment during the lookback window, tying full-year FY2027 negotiations to stopping executive political control of grant funding.
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"The President may not force the expiration of budget authority Congress has already enacted and did not rescind."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GAO concluded the administration could not use the late September rescissions message to withhold expiring appropriations, supporting DeLauro’s broader power-of-the-purse objection but not proving enactment of her requested full-year guardrails.
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"I herewith report 11 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $810 million."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The White House continued seeking rescissions of enacted spending during the lookback window, indicating the executive-branch pressure DeLauro pledged to oppose was still active.
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"I will continue to demand reforms to prevent this kind of abuse of power"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): After the GAO finding, DeLauro publicly said she would keep pressing reforms against OMB impoundment and funding-control abuses, documenting continuing effort rather than final delivery.
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"I call on the administration to allocate funding for healthcare research in the manner we prescribed"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DeLauro used her Appropriations role during the lookback window to object to alleged diversion or lapse-risk for congressionally directed health research funding, showing continued effort but not final full-year delivery.
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"based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient state"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A Senate committee release cited court-related admissions about politically targeted grant cancellations, reinforcing that the kind of grant-funding politicization DeLauro pledged to fight remained unresolved during the lookback window.
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"DeLauro | Democratic | CT | Yea"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DeLauro voted for H.R. 6500, the stopgap measure that included a temporary block on the OMB federal financial assistance rule, documenting concrete legislative effort toward the promise.
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"shall not be issued or finalized"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Public Law 119-103 temporarily bars issuance or finalization of the OMB Uniform Guidance-related rule through December 11, 2026, a partial but time-limited delivery against grant-funding control changes.
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"Congress must enact regular appropriations bills for FY2027 or an additional CR"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CRS described P.L. 119-103 as temporary continuing appropriations, confirming that full-year FY2027 funding negotiations had not yet produced a final enacted resolution.
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"withholding the amounts proposed for rescission from obligation"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GAO documented OMB withholding tied to the September 25 rescissions message and concluded the rescission proposals did not permit withholding beyond FY2026, showing a partial legal check but not enacted full-year guardrails.