Press Releases

The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold American Indian and Alaska Native public witness hearings on Wednesday, May 9 and Thursday, May 10, 2018.

The House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee today released instructions for submitting outside witness testimony for the record for Fiscal Year 2019.

House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen today made the following statement regarding Senator Thad Cochran’s retirement announcement.

House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen made the following statement today on the release of the President’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2019.

The U.S. approved legislation to lift the statutory budget caps and increase funding for national defense, provide emergency disaster aid funding, lift the debt ceiling, extend certain health care and tax authorizations, and maintain government operations until March 23, 2018. This legislation is the result of an agreement reached last night between House and Senate leaders.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen tonight issued the following statement on the agreement between House and Senate leaders to lift the statutory budget caps and increase funding for national defense, provide emergency disaster aid funding, lift the debt ceiling, extend certain health care and tax authorizations, and maintain government operations.

The U.S. House of Representatives today approved funding to extend federal operations, and to fund the Department of Defense for the 2018 Fiscal Year. The Continuing Resolution (CR) is a stopgap measure that will maintain government funding through March 23, 2018. In absence of this legislation, existing funding would run out on February 8, 2018.

House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen today introduced legislation (H.J. Res. 128) to maintain current funding for federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. The Continuing Resolution (CR) is a stopgap measure that will extend government funding until March 23, 2018. In absence of this legislation, existing funding would run out on February 8, 2018.