•    "[The] Financial Services and General Government bill put forth by the majority [is] unacceptable. House Republicans are again proposing cutting critical agencies that make the economy fairer and safer for the American people... From the Internal Revenue Service ensuring wealthy individuals and corporations pay the taxes that they legally owe, the Federal Trade Commission protecting Americans from corporate price gouging and scammers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission protecting children from dangerous products, and the Securities and Exchange Commission ensuring the fairness of financial markets, the agencies funded in this bill are critical to lowering costs, leveling the playing field, and protecting hard-working and honest Americans. In cutting these agencies, House Republicans’ legislation will raise the cost of living, let corporate price gouging run rampant, expose children to dangerous products, leave Americans vulnerable to scams and predatory junk fees, further rig the economy in favor of the rich and powerful, and make our elections less secure and less transparent." Source: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Democrat, Connecticut, District 3)

•    "The partisan riders attached to it only confirm that this legislation will never pass. I am particularly incensed by those undermining D.C. home rule. One rider would severely restrict women’s reproductive rights in the District against the wishes of its people. Another would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons in the District and on WMATA if they have a permit in another state. We’re told this bill is a starting point. But, it is so draconian in its adverse impact that it’s a dead end, not a reasonable offer on which to base a compromise. I applaud and support efforts to get all 12 appropriations bills passed through the house before the August break. But, for that to be helpful, they needed to be reasonable. The bills we are now marking up are not." Source: Rep. Steny Hoyer (Democrat, Maryland, District 5)

•    "It’s disappointing yet unsurprising that Republicans are once again using the appropriations process to advance harmful policies that would deny people at home and abroad of the sexual and reproductive health care access they both need and deserve. The United States has a moral obligation to advance policies and budgets that affirm reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy for all people, yet the targeted attacks on sexual and reproductive rights in the SFOPs and DHS appropriations bills will undermine our work to advance gender equality and equity, affirm the human rights of women and girls, protect our LGBTQ+ siblings, and provide access to basic healthcare for migrant families in federal custody. These attacks are shameful and dangerous, and Congress should be dismantling barriers to care, not entrenching them." Source: Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Democrat, Massachusetts, District 7)