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WASHINGTON — This week, the Trump Administration released its Army Corps work plans that show President Trump is politicizing critical infrastructure investments.
House Appropriations Committee analysis shows that the Trump administration shifted more than $250 million away from critical infrastructure construction projects in Democratic-led states, particularly Washington and California, to Republican-led states. This includes the complete elimination of Army Corps construction funding for states like California. This move risks delaying critical safety projects across the country.
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) condemned this corrupt move.
“President Trump is blatantly playing politics with critical Army Corps construction investments and punishing the American people for the way their states have voted,” said Representatives DeLauro and Kaptur. “Rushing water from collapsed dams and floods caused by failed infrastructure do not know state borders, nor do they have political leanings. The damage, lives lost, and economic outcomes impact all Americans, which is why the federal government makes these investments in the first place. The Trump administration should follow Congress’s intent to guide its investments. Instead, President Trump has unilaterally chosen to punish the people living in certain states—a historic and clear abuse of taxpayer dollars. This is the exact scenario we feared when House Republicans introduced their slush fund 2025 funding bill, which failed to reflect both Republican and Democratic priorities. It does not matter who is in the White House, people across the country are harmed when all the power Congress holds to represent the people in their states and districts is handed to the President.”
The Republican fiscal year 2025 full-year continuing resolution cut Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Construction by $1.4 billion or 44 percent, and it also gave all discretion to the Trump administration to prioritize projects among over 1,000 throughout the country that should be directed by Congress. Army Corps of Engineers projects keep commerce safely flowing on our waterways, manage flood risk, and restore ecosystems.
In her March 11, 2025, remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the power-grab continuing resolution, Ranking Member DeLauro raised the prospect of exactly this scenario:
“The Army Corps of Engineers construction projects would be cut by $1.4 billion, 44 percent, and President Trump, not Congress, would determine who gets funding, what city, state, locality, and how much money that is there.”
The Army Corps’ work plan can be found here.
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