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May 6, 2025
Remarks

Good afternoon. The Defense Subcommittee will come to order.


May 6, 2025
Remarks

Thank you, Chairman Amodei and Ranking Member Underwood, and thank you, Madam Secretary, for being with us today.


May 6, 2025
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I would like to thank Secretary Bessent for being here today and for his leadership and steady hand over the last several months. 


May 6, 2025
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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. 


May 5, 2025
Op-Eds
Washington, D.C. – ICYMI: Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) wrote an op-ed for the Washington Times, underscoring the critical need for the United States to revitalize its nuclear energy sector. As Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, he emphasizes how advanced nuclear technology can reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources, lower carbon emissions, and create high-quality jobs here at home. Read his op-ed below and here.

May 2, 2025

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:
 


April 30, 2025

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.


April 30, 2025
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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. 


April 29, 2025
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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. 


April 29, 2025
Remarks

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.