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The committee will come to order.

Good morning and thank you to Chief Moore for being here today to testify on the Forest Service’s fiscal year 2025 budget request.

At last year’s hearing, we were lucky to be joined by a bird of prey that frequents our national forests—a bald eagle. I think we all enjoyed hearing from the Peregrine Fund about the work they do to conserve bald eagles and other critical species.

Good morning.

The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.

Today, we welcome the Attorney General of the United States, the Honorable Merrick Garland, to the Subcommittee to testify on the Department of Justice’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request.

The Department requests approximately $38 billion in discretionary resources, an increase of nearly 2 percent over the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.

The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2025 request for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol.

I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, the Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, and the Acting Architect Joe DiPietro for being here today.

The largest library in the world, the Library of Congress is the main research arm of the Congress.

Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement in response to Iran’s airborne attack against Israel:

ICYMI, State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) wrote an op-ed for The Miami Herald, noting how the recently-enacted Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 reestablishes American leadership.

Today’s hearing is on the Navy and Marine Corps fiscal year 2025 budget request for military construction and family housing.

It is a great pleasure to be here today with the Honorable Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment; Vice Jeffrey Jablon, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics, and Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics for the U. S. Marine Corps.