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WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, June 22nd at 8:30 a.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee's website.
Thank you, Chairwoman Granger.
I would like to start by saying thank you to our Ranking Member, Mr. Espaillat. His cooperation and patience as we have moved through the process this year is greatly appreciated.
Thank you to the Chairwoman, Ms. Granger for your leadership getting the Legislative Branch bill to this point, and Ranking Member DeLauro for all your support of the Legislative Branch.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Homeland Security Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 25.
First, I want to thank the Subcommittee Chairman for his work on the Legislative Branch appropriations bill.
This bill is a great example of what needs to be done to reduce overall spending while funding our highest priorities.
This bill responsibly reduces funding for the Legislative Branch by 2%.
This is done without impacting the day-to-day operations of Congress or sacrificing the security of the Capitol complex.
It supports our brave Capitol police officers.
I want to start by saying the work we did last week shows how we are able to reduce spending where we can and prioritize funding for our core responsibilities.
That includes our national defense, veterans, and the bill before us: homeland security.
I want to thank Chairman Joyce for his hard work on this bill.
It provides what is needed to protect our homeland and address the ongoing crisis at our border.
Specifically, the bill:
WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 24.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Defense Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2024 bill. The measure was approved by the Subcommittee. Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger and Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert released the following statements after the closed markup.
Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger:
WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 subcommittee allocations. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 27.
Welcome to the subcommittee markup of the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill. I am pleased to be joined by Subcommittee Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur, Full Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger, and Full Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro.
The Energy and Water bill is critical for our national security, our energy security, and our economic competitiveness. The recommendation totals $57.958 billion, an increase of $1.256 billion above Fiscal Year 2023 and a reduction of $1.963 billion below the President's Budget Request.
