Media
Latest News
The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold public witnesses hearings on April 16 and 17 for all subcommittee programs, and on April 24 and 25, 2013, for American Indian/Alaskan Native programs.
The deadline to submit requests to testify is March 27, 2013.
Please find further instructions for submitting a request to testify to the Subcommittee by clicking here.
The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch today released instructions for outside witness testimony submission for FY 2014.
Please click here to view these instructions.
Submissions are due March 29, 2013.
The House Appropriations Committee Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee today released instructions for submitting written testimony for the record.
Submissions are due March 15, 2013.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to present H.R. 933, the Department of Defense and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations, and Full-Year Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2013.
Our nation faces a three-pronged threat to its finances as we deal with sequestration, the debt ceiling, and, most immediately, a looming government shutdown. This bill takes the risk of a government shutdown off the table – funding the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, while helping maintain our national security, and providing our troops and veterans with consistent, adequate funding.
First and foremost, this bill contains fiscal year 2013 Appropriations bills for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. These bills passed the House with broad support last year, have been negotiated on a bipartisan basis by the House and the Senate, and do not add a cent to the overall top line of the CR.
Good afternoon, Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Slaughter and members of the Committee. I am here before you today to present H.R. 933, a Continuing Resolution to provide funding for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year, and to provide full-year appropriations for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
The current six-month Continuing Resolution expires on March 27, so there is a need to move this legislation quickly, get it over to the Senate, and ultimately on to the White House. As you know, the White House has indicated it does not want a government shutdown, and neither do we. Consequently, Mr. Chairman, I would request an appropriate rule to bring this bill to the floor.
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies will hold a public witnesses hearing March 21, 2013, time TBD, in H-309, The Capitol.
The deadline to submit requests to testify is Friday, March 15, 2013.
Please find further instructions for submitting a request to testify to the Subcommittee by clicking here.
Good morning. Thank you all for coming. This hearing today is critically important. This week, our national defense will face serious and dangerous sequestration cuts, as well as potentially damaging constraints if the current DoD funding structure is simply extended for the remainder of the fiscal year. While it is not within this Committee's power to solve sequestration at this time, it IS within our jurisdiction to try and help loosen the chains and allow the Department some funding flexibility in order to do its best with what it has.
The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies today released instructions for outside witness testimony submission for FY 2014.
Please click here to view these instructions.
Submissions are due March 20, 2013.
