Remarks
March 25, 2026
Welcome to this afternoon’s Fiscal Year 2027 Member Day hearing for the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. I want to welcome my colleagues and thank them for testifying on the priorities that are important to them.
March 25, 2026
Good afternoon. I want to thank all of you for coming to today’s hearing to receive testimony from our colleagues. I look forward to hearing more about the projects, programs and issues in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill that are important to your district and to communities across the country.
March 25, 2026
Thank you, Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Meng. Welcome Assistant Secretary Jordan. Thank you for being here today to discuss the importance of the National Weather Service.
It is not an overstatement to say the work of the National Weather Service impacts the daily lives of all Americans. Because of this, the office must be well resourced and singularly focused on ensuring its forecasts and extreme weather warnings are accurate and available to our constituents when they need them most.
March 25, 2026
Welcome everyone to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science’s first hearing of 2026. I would like to thank our Subcommittee Members and Assistant Secretary Jordan for being here today. I would also like to thank full Committee Chairman, Tom Cole, for joining us as well.
March 25, 2026
The Office of Personnel Management, or OPM, plays a central role in most human resource decisions made within the Executive Branch. This is particularly true as it relates to the federal workforce. In 1979, Congress passed the Civil Service Reform Act, which disbanded the United States Civil Service Commission and reassigned most of its functions to three newly established agencies, including OPM. Over the last year, OPM has played a central role in implementing this Administration's workforce modernization initiatives.
March 25, 2026
Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to the Subcommittee’s Fiscal Year 2027 Member Day hearing. Member requests are the core of the appropriations process. Under the leadership of full Committee Chairman Tom Cole, and with the hard work of the Members of the Appropriations Committee and our colleagues in the House, in Fiscal Year 2026 we started to return to regular order. We enacted 11 of the 12 full-year Appropriations bills, including our National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs bill.
March 25, 2026
I would like to welcome everyone to today’s Energy and Water “Member Day” hearing. Today our fellow Members will have the opportunity to testify on issues under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee that are important to them.
March 25, 2026
Good morning, and welcome to this year’s Member Day hearing. Today, we welcome our colleagues to testify on their priorities for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2027.
March 25, 2026
Good morning. Today’s hearing is on the quality of life for our enlisted soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and their families. The five witnesses at the table represent the highest enlisted level of leadership for their respective branches. This group’s insight is critical. This hearing is a great opportunity to identify areas where we can be more helpful to our service members and their families.
March 24, 2026
Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member McGovern, members of the Rules Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today. I come before you today on H.R. 8029, the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act. As we sit here, the Department of Homeland Security has been shuttered by Senate Democrats for nearly 50% of the fiscal year. That’s right, since last year, we are approaching one hundred days where DHS personnel and critical missions have been left in limbo, employees have reported to work without pay, and strain has been added to the very department charged with protecting the homeland.
