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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6833, a short-term continuing resolution extending government funding through December 16th.
I oppose this CR for several reasons.
First, we should be here addressing the border crisis, the energy crisis, and the inflation crisis. This bill does nothing to fix any of these issues.
WASHINGTON – This week, Rep. Kay Granger (TX), the Lead Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, joined the Republican Leaders of three other House committees in sending letters to agency officials regarding rulemakings and other executive actions that clearly overstep the Biden Administration's authority. The letters bring attention to West Virginia v. EPA, a recent Supreme Court decision reiterating that "all legislative powers" remain with Congress.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Kay Granger (TX), the Lead Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN).
"I am shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of my colleague, Jackie Walorski, and two of her dedicated staff members, Zachery Potts, her district director, and Emma Thomson, her communications director. My heart goes out to their families.
"Jackie was a wonderful person, and her passing is a great loss for Indiana and for our country."
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Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
The revised allocations presented today do not change the spending levels that were adopted on a party-line vote last week. Because there are no substantive changes, I must once again oppose them.
It is unacceptable to Members on my side of the aisle to underfund our national defense while giving significant increases to the same social programs that received trillions of dollars over the last year. I hope we can find common ground as these bills move to the floor.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
First, I want to thank the chair and ranking member for their work on the fiscal year 2023 bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. I also want to acknowledge the committee staff for their efforts.
Thank you, Chair DeLauro, so much for presenting the THUD bill to our committee today. I also want to thank Ranking Member Granger for her leadership and her stewardship. Thank you, Vice-Chair Quigley, for standing in today and doing such a good job for our good friend, Chairman Price. And obviously, all of our hearts go out to Chairman Price as he mourns the loss of his wife Lisa.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I start, I want to join Mr. Diaz Balart and pause and recognize the subcommittee chair, Mr. Price. I know I speak for all of us when I say we are praying for Chairman Price and his family during this very difficult time.
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I want to begin, Madam Chair, by reciprocating your very gracious personal remarks. It has been a pleasure to work with you and your staff and your team and frankly our colleagues on both sides of the aisle over these many years together. I'm proud of what we've been able to do in partnership and look forward to us being able to work together as we go through this process.
