House Republicans are seeking to cut three Democratic projects that would provide services to the LGBTQ community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup, enraging Democrats on the committee.
The three earmarks total $3.62 million, with two in Massachusetts and one in Pennsylvania. The projects would be eliminated as part of a Republican en bloc amendment that would advance a range of Republican cultural priorities, including a provision that would ban flying gay pride flags over government buildings. The panel is expected to vote on the amendment later Tuesday.
The committee went into recess just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., called House Republican conservatives “terrorists” and Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., asked for her words to be stricken from the record.
