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March 17, 2026
Washington, D.C. – There may be three leaves on a shamrock, but in the U.S. budget, there are just two pots of gold. So, this St. Patrick’s Day, we’re giving you the blarney breakdown – because following the green matters, and only discretionary spending is debated, marked up, and passed through the House Appropriations Committee. We won’t fiddle you around. When it comes to spending and deficits, it often sounds like one giant treasure chest. It isn’t. There are two very different buckets of coin to follow.
March 17, 2026
This is the Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Member Day Hearing. While the subcommittee did not receive requests from Members to testify in person, Representative Sylvia Garcia and Representative Rashida Tlaib have submitted testimony for the record and their testimony can be found in the committee repository. I would also like to note that this hearing serves as a vehicle for public witnesses to submit testimony for the record. Fourteen testimonies were submitted and they can also be found online.
March 17, 2026
Good morning. Today we welcome Doctor Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health, to our subcommittee. Dr. Bhattacharya was confirmed as the NIH director nearly a year ago, and since then he has been busy implementing the Trump administration’s priorities to advance NIH’s mission of conducting basic research and applying those discoveries to improve human health.
March 17, 2026
The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for U.S. Capitol Police (USCP). I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat and our subcommittee Members for being here today. Chief Sullivan, we welcome you to your first appearance before this subcommittee, and we appreciate your willingness to serve as our Chief of Police. We look forward to your testimony today.
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