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July 14, 2021
Press Release
The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bills.
July 13, 2021
Press Release
The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 Defense bill on a 33-23 vote.
July 13, 2021
Statement
"As a nation, we are deeply indebted to our women and men in uniform, and to the families and communities who support them. This bill honors their service and responsibly invests in our national security."
July 13, 2021
Statement
"The Defense Appropriations bill provides the training, equipping and mission support for more than 1.3 million active duty and nearly 800,000 reserve members of our Armed Forces. It provides them with the tools they need to complete their missions, defend our country, and come home safely. Beyond that, this bill is critical to the quality of life of our service members and their families."
July 13, 2021
Press Release
The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 Homeland Security funding bill on a 33-24 vote.
July 13, 2021
Statement
"This bill responsibly funds the capabilities we need to address the many threats we face, while upholding the values we so cherish as a nation."
July 13, 2021
Statement
"We will continue to do our best to provide you with the resources necessary to protect your health; protect the country; and protect the rights and dignity of individuals, whether it be the traveling public, disaster survivors, or migrants fleeing desperate circumstances."
July 12, 2021
Press Release
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2022 bill.
July 12, 2021
Statement
"Safe, strong, equitable, and resilient transportation and housing are critical to the success of our families. Every child deserves to wake up in a safe home and travel to school on a sound road. And parents deserve to know that they can get to work through reliable transit without worrying if this is the day they lose their job because the city bus was delayed again."
July 12, 2021
Statement
"This year’s THUD bill represents a renewed commitment to improve safety, upgrade our aging transportation infrastructure, address our nation’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis, bolster our resiliency to a changing climate, and remedy inequities and disparities in our housing and transportation systems. As our nation continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more critical than ever to ensure that vulnerable populations—communities of color, the unhoused, veterans, domestic violence survivors, the elderly, and people with disabilities—remain at the forefront of our efforts."