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House appropriators press DOE on cuts to Office of Science and national labs funding
Summary
Members of the House Appropriations subcommittee questioned Department of Energy funding priorities at a May 7 hearing, pressing Secretary Chris Wright about proposed reductions to the Office of Science while seeking assurances the national labs will keep core research and cleanup work on track.
House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann opened the May 7 hearing on the Department of Energy’s fiscal 2026 budget request by flagging concerns about reductions to the Office of Science and the department’s research priorities.
The hearing matters because the Office of Science supports long‑term research that underpins national labs, homeland security and advanced energy technologies; subcommittee members warned cuts could slow projects ranging from high‑performance computing to environmental cleanup.
Chairman Chuck Fleischmann and Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur both told Secretary Chris Wright they were worried about steep proposed reductions to the Office of Science and other research accounts. Fleischmann said he was “candidly, concerned to see such a…
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