Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed the CARES Act.
"Our nation is facing an unprecedented pandemic, and I am proud that Congress has come together again to provide desperately needed resources and relief to the American people.
WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump's Oval Office address on COVID-19.
"President Trump has been the global leader from the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak that began in China last year. The bold measures the President announced tonight, including additional travel restrictions, are critical for an immediate and effective response to what has now been declared a pandemic," said Ranking Member Kay Granger.
WASHINGTON – Today, top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) and Vice Ranking Member and Labor-HHS-Education Ranking Member Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement after a briefing by Administration officials on the response to the coronavirus that originated in China in 2019.
WASHINGTON – Today, top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) introduced a privileged resolution, H.Res. 832, strongly disapproving of Speaker Nancy Pelosi for ripping up President Donald Trump's remarks following his State of the Union address.
WASHINGTON – Today, top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) released the following statement on the two Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations packages that fully fund the government through September 30th, 2020.
"These appropriations bills will fully fund the government and secure vital conservative wins for the President and Republicans," said Granger. "Specifically, the bills:
WASHINGTON, DC - Reps Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX) and Steve Womack (R-AR), Republican leaders of the House Armed Services, Appropriations, and Budget Committees respectively, issued a stark warning to their colleagues today on the damage a full-year continuing resolution would do to America's military.
WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) released the following statement after Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) announced that she is not seeking reelection in 2020. The two currently serve as the first female Republican Ranking Member and first female Committee Chair of the panel respectively.
"The retirement of Nita Lowey is a huge loss for our country, the Congress, our committee, and me personally. Nita has served as a dedicated public servant in Congress for 31 years, and the nation – especially the people of New York – are better for it.
WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) praised the passage of the Senate-amended Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border.
"Hundreds of thousands of people have arrived at the border this year - more than 100,000 have crossed each of the last three months with 144,000 in May alone," said Granger. "Our nation is facing a crisis at our southern border, and it is getting worse by the day.
