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April 28, 2026
Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart, and thank you to Ranking Member Frankel, Ranking Member DeLauro, and all our members. We continue full committee markups today with the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs bill. This legislation makes a clear statement about American leadership. We will engage where it matters. We will invest where it counts. And we will demand accountability for every dollar spent. On a world stage where challenges are growing and competitors are threatening the global order, this bill ensures the United States is not passive – it is prepared, it is focused, and it is leading.
April 28, 2026
I am pleased to present the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations bill to the full committee for consideration and approval. Let me start by thanking Chairman Cole for his invaluable leadership of the Appropriations Committee and for his commitment to ensuring that Congress upholds its responsibility to provide the tools necessary to safeguard our national security.
April 28, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 35 to 27.
April 27, 2026
This afternoon I’d like to welcome the 17th Administrator of the EPA, Lee Zeldin. Administrator Zeldin, welcome back. We are here to discuss the FY 2027 President’s budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency.
