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Good morning, Mr. Secretary. I want to welcome you again to our Subcommittee, and I look forward to your testimony today.
When you came before this Subcommittee last year, I and many of my colleagues expressed disbelief with the Department’s proposed Title Nine rule that would force schools to allow biological teen males into girls’ locker rooms and promote unfair competition on the playing field.
Welcome Secretary Mayorkas. I sincerely thank you for joining us to discuss the Department’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request.While it is very clear that we have profound differences of opinion on how the Department should be run, and what policies should be in place, especially as it relates to border security and immigration enforcement, I would ask Members on both sides to keep today’s discussion civil, and focused on the work we need to do as appropriators to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
WASHINGTON - Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger released the following statement regarding the Republican Steering Committee's recommendation that Rep. Tom Cole serve as the new Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
WASHINGTON - Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger provided the following letter to the Speaker of the House, the Honorable Mike Johnson, and announces that, following the completion of the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills, she is requesting the GOP Steering Committee and Conference select a new Chair of the Appropriations Committee to serve out the remainder of the 118th Congress. She will remain on the Appropriations Committee as Chair Emeritus.
Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the negotiated appropriations package.
Today is zero hour, we're out of time. Today's vote may be the most consequential of your lifetime. Right now our troops around the world are facing multiple threats. Our supremacy on land, sea air, and space is being challenged, and our allies are under attack.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
I rise today in support of the package of appropriations bills under consideration.
As the Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, I’d like to thank the Full Committee chair, Ms. Granger for her leadership in assembling funding packages that reflect strong Republican priorities.
The crisis at our southwest border has raged under the Biden Administration. More than two million migrants illegally crossed the border each of the last two years.
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2882.
I want to thank the Full Committee Chairwoman Granger and Speaker Johnson for their work in getting this second set to the floor for consideration today.
I am proud to speak on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs portion of the bill today.
The bill includes a 6 percent cut from the FY23 enacted level.
We are at a critical moment in history. One of our most important allies is in its time of greatest need, and this bill answers the call.
Madam speaker, I rise today in support of this appropriations package.
I want to start by thanking all of the members and staff who were involved in this process.
We looked hard at our needs and developed a package to carry us through the process. Two weeks ago, I talked about the changes House Republicans made regarding how we fund the government. We made targeted cuts to wasteful programs and developed a package that is proof of that. We looked at each need, and it was clear that the world is becoming a more dangerous place.
