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March 7, 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.

Instructions for submission may be found by clicking here.


March 6, 2013
The U.S. House today approved H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides necessary funding to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the fiscal year on September 30.

March 6, 2013
Remarks

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.


March 5, 2013
Remarks

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.


March 4, 2013
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced a Continuing Resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown and continue government operations until the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2013 (H.R. 933). The legislation includes a full-year Defense Appropriations bill, as well as a full-year Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.

February 27, 2013

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.


February 26, 2013
Remarks

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.


February 25, 2013

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.


February 21, 2013

The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs will hold a Members and public witnesses hearing in March 2013.

Please find further instructions and deadlines for submitting a request to testify to the Subcommittee by clicking here.

Submissions are due March 1, 2013.


February 20, 2013

The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development today released instructions for outside witness testimony submission for FY 2014.

Please click here to view these instructions.

Submissions are due March 29, 2013.