Rogers, Cole at FY25 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act Subcommittee Markup
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2025 bill. The measure was approved by the Subcommittee.
Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) delivered the following remarks during the markup, "Everyday goods cost more due to elevated levels of inflation, and as a result interest rates remain painfully high. These are real-world effects of reckless and wasteful spending that happens all too often in Washington... We are on an unsustainable path for all mandatory and discretionary spending. These ill-advised spending trends require us to make difficult decisions for the fiscal future of our country.
"Importantly, we must all do our part and that is how I approached the fiscal year 2025 CJS Bill. The critics of this bill and my friends across the aisle, will suggest that we are not spending enough on certain offices or decreasing funding levels too much across the board. However, when accusations are made, I must remind folks of the $50 trillion debt warning. We can, and must, do everything in our power to create a sustainable economic trajectory.
"This legislation, which provides a total discretionary allocation of $78.288 billion, which is effectively $1.275 billion or 2% below the Fiscal Year 2024 spending level, right sizes and appropriately funds the agencies under CJS jurisdiction and restrains government overreach by Washington bureaucrats."
Full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are available here.
Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) delivered the following remarks, "From the frontlines of U.S. law enforcement and economic trade – all the way up to space exploration – the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee oversees agencies consequential to our country.
"The Fiscal Year 2025 bill before us today brings savings to taxpayers and protects the constitutional rights of Americans against political weaponization of the justice system. It enhances accountability and oversight to address the politicization and overreach of the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Numerous regulations that impede American citizens and businesses are prevented from moving forward or outright prohibited in this bill. "
Full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are available here.
A summary of the bill is available here.
Bill text is available here.
A table of included Community Project Funding requests is available here.
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