Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, the Energy and Water Subcommittee met to consider its appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020. The measure was reported out of the Subcommittee and is expected to be considered soon by the Full Committee.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Interior and Environment Subcommittee met to consider its appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020. The measure was reported out of the Subcommittee and is expected to be considered soon by the Full Committee.

Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) said of the measure, "The Interior and Environment bill would fund many programs that have bipartisan support – maintaining national parks, preventing wildlife trafficking, improving water infrastructure, and suppressing devasting wildfires.

WASHINGTON – Today, the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee met to consider its appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020. The measure was reported out of the Subcommittee and is expected to be considered soon by the Full Committee. While the bill funds many bipartisan priorities that support America's engagement around the world and promote our economic and national security, Republicans expressed their concerns about problematic provisions and the funding levels in the bill.

WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) issued the following statement after opposing the Democrats' disaster supplemental legislation, H.R.2157, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019, which passed the House with a 257 to 150 vote.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider two appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020 - the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Bill and the Legislative Branch Bill. Unfortunately, the funding in these bills is significantly higher than what is currently laid out in law, and many of the policy positions run counter to Republican priorities.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the subcommittee funding allocations for fiscal year 2020. Committee Republicans rejected these allocations, and the measure was reported out of the Committee on a party line vote.

Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) said, "The allocations offered by the Democrats are based on topline funding levels that I do not support.

WASHINGTON – Today, both the Legislative Branch and the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittees met to consider their appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020. The measures were reported out of the Subcommittees and are expected to be considered soon by the Full Committee.

Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) said of the measures, "Unfortunately, the appropriations bills marked up today were drafted using a topline funding level that does not reflect bipartisan consensus.