DELAURO: FY2012 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Education, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement today about the Republican Majority's proposed 302(b) Subcommittee Allocations for FY2012.

"The amount of funding allocated for the budgets of the departments of education, labor, and health and human services would be catastrophic for many working and middle class families. The Labor, Health, Human Services & Education& Education appropriations bill is $41 billion below the president's budget request.

"This represents a cut of more than 22 percent to some of our most fundamental American priorities, including helping kids with early learning through Head Start, getting students the financial aid they need through Pell Grants, and even life-saving biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health. This is almost the same exact amount of money we could save by repealing special interest subsidies to the oil industry.

"With these reckless cuts, the Republican majority show once again that they are more interested in protecting oil company profits than the critical investments and services the American people depend on."