Remarks

The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2025 request for the House of Representatives.

I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, Mr. Kevin McCumber, Mr. Bill McFarland, and Ms. Catherine Szpindor and our other House officers for being here today.

I know that all Members of this committee share my appreciation for the critical work that you do to maintain the operations of the House.

Good afternoon.

The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.

Senator Nelson, it is good to see you again.

We welcome your testimony regarding NASA’s fiscal year 2025 budget request.

The Biden Administration is requesting $25.4 billion in funding for NASA – a roughly 2 percent increase over the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.

Funding NASA is critical to getting back to the Moon, advancing our scientific understanding, and driving innovation.

This is the Fiscal Year 2025 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Member Day Hearing.

I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, Representative Kilmer, and Representative Crockett for being here today.

In addition to our two witnesses here this morning, Representative Mark Takano (CA-39) and Representative Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) submitted testimony for the record. I would also like to make note that this hearing also serves as a vehicle for Public Witnesses to submit testimony for the record and nine testimonies were submitted and may be found online.

Good morning, Acting Secretary Su. I welcome you to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education and thank you for joining us this morning. I’m pleased to have you this year for a budget hearing and look forward to your testimony.

The role of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners in the United States; to improve their working conditions; and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

The purpose of this hearing is to review the Department’s fiscal year 2025 budget request.

The committee will come to order.

Good morning and thank you to Chief Moore for being here today to testify on the Forest Service’s fiscal year 2025 budget request.

At last year’s hearing, we were lucky to be joined by a bird of prey that frequents our national forests—a bald eagle. I think we all enjoyed hearing from the Peregrine Fund about the work they do to conserve bald eagles and other critical species.

Good morning.

The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.

Today, we welcome the Attorney General of the United States, the Honorable Merrick Garland, to the Subcommittee to testify on the Department of Justice’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request.

The Department requests approximately $38 billion in discretionary resources, an increase of nearly 2 percent over the fiscal year 2024 enacted level.

The subject of today’s hearing is the Fiscal Year 2025 request for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol.

I’d like to thank Ranking Member Espaillat, Committee Members, the Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, and the Acting Architect Joe DiPietro for being here today.

The largest library in the world, the Library of Congress is the main research arm of the Congress.

Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement in response to Iran’s airborne attack against Israel: