'It is astonishing': Congress rebuffs Trump push to slash $33B from health, human services [View all]
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Jennifer Shutt - February 6, 2026 10:48 am
WASHINGTON — Congress has approved the first public health funding bill since President Donald Trump began his second term, with lawmakers largely rejecting his proposed spending cuts and the elimination of dozens of programs.
A bipartisan group of negotiators instead struck a deal to increase funding on several line items within the Department of Health and Human Services’ annual appropriations bill, including for major initiatives at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“When you look at the differences between what was proposed and what was agreed to, it is astonishing,” House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said during a hearing on the bill in late January.
The Trump administration’s budget request, released in May, called on Congress to cut funding for the Department of Health and Human Services by $33 billion, or 26.2%.
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/06/repub/it-is-astonishing-congress-rebuffs-trump-push-to-slash-33b-from-health-human-services/
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