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Before we wrap up, I want to offer this in closing: our authorizing colleagues are working on reconciliation bills that will provide significant investments in the President’s immigration and border security agenda, including funding to the Coast Guard to secure our maritime border.
I commend them for their efforts to enable the Department to finish the wall, hire more agents and officers, and bring additional detention beds online.
I know the Department hopes to be made whole with reconciliation, but in the meantime, you need to live within your means.
It is our job as members of the Appropriations Committee to make sure the Department is appropriately spending the money Congress provides, as well as to ensure the Department has the resources it needs to execute its mission on an annual basis.
That work begins in earnest today, as we begin the Fiscal Year 2026 process.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement on President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Dave Joyce (R-OH) held an oversight hearing on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to collect testimony from Inspector General Tammy Hull on a variety of issues, ranging from oversight and budget needs to performance challenges and facility improvements, highlighting the agency's important service to the American taxpayers.
I would like to thank General Hull for being here today. The United States Postal Service is a mainstay for most - if not all - our constituents and communities. Its operations are vast with 640 thousand employees working to deliver millions of pieces of mail and packages daily. Yet, the Postal Service has faced significant financial challenges over the last several decades. Except for fiscal year 2022, the Postal Service has incurred losses in each fiscal year since 2007.
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. I want to thank all of you for coming to today’s hearing to receive testimony from our colleagues.
I look forward to hearing more about the projects and programs in the Agriculture Appropriations bill that are important to your district and to communities across the country. Your input will be critical as we work to fund the agencies under this subcommittee’s jurisdiction. I look forward to working with Ranking Member Bishop and our subcommittee colleagues to accommodate these priorities as best we can as the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations process moves forward.
Thank you again for taking time out of your busy schedule to speak with us today and bring these issues that are important to your community to our attention. Ranking Member Bishop, I yield to you for any opening remarks you’d like to make.
The Subcommittee will come to order. The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2026 request for the Stennis Center for Public Service, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, and the Congressional Office for International Leadership. I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, and our agency Executive Directors for being here this morning.
While our smaller agencies do not traditionally testify every budget cycle, we wanted to invite you back to provide an introduction to the work you and your teams do for the new Members of our subcommittee. The Stennis Center for Public Service, while being the oldest of the three agencies here today, continues to submit a flat funding request for $430 thousand for Fiscal Year 2026.
Washington, D.C. – ICYMI, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) this week brought U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to the Third District of Arkansas to highlight how HUD’s core mission translates into effective local impact.
This is the Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Day Hearing. I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat and Committee members for being here today.
A special thank you to our witnesses for being here today. We appreciate your interest in the Legislative Branch and for taking time out of your busy schedules to testify before this subcommittee. In addition to our witnesses here this morning, additional witnesses have submitted testimony for the record, and their statements may be found online.
I would also like to note that this hearing serves as a vehicle for the one Member of Congress who submitted testimony for the record, and her statement can also be found online. I now recognize Ranking Member Espaillat for his opening remarks.
