House appropriators in charge of funding EPA and the Department of the Interior will kick-start the fiscal 2026 process Tuesday in the midst of the Trump administration’s unprecedented effort to gut renewable energy and environment programs.
The House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee will hear testimony from lawmakers across the political spectrum during its first “member day” hearing of the year, offering a first glimpse of members’ priorities for those agencies ahead of what could be a particularly contentious funding cycle.
House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) has told committee chairs that he expects Appropriations subcommittees to begin marking up fiscal 2026 bills in late April.
Tuesday’s hearing will be an opportunity for lawmakers to advocate for specific programs or funding levels they want to see in the House’s fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment bill. Many of those proposals, especially those from Democrats, will ultimately be rejected.
