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Appropriations Chairman Rogers Names Will Smith as New Staff Director
March 22, 2013
Press Release
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers has named Will Smith as Committee Staff Director, effective April 1. Smith currently serves as the Committee’s Deputy Staff Director, and succeeds William Inglee, who has served as Staff Director of the Committee since 2010.
House Passes Full-Year Continuing Resolution, Preventing Government Shutdown
March 21, 2013
Press Release
The U.S. House today approved H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides funding needed to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the 2013 fiscal year on September 30. The current continuing resolution expires on March 27.
Chairman Hal Rogers Floor Statement Supporting H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013
March 21, 2013
Remarks

Mr. Speaker, I rise to present H.R. 933, the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year. This legislation provides funding for essential federal programs and services, helps maintain our national security, and takes a potential shutdown off the table.

The House passed a very similar version of this bill two weeks ago, and yesterday, the Senate passed their version of this legislation. Now, it is back before the House today for our final stamp of approval.

I'm sure I don't need to remind you of the deadline we face here: The existing Continuing Resolution expires next Wednesday, so it's vital that we get this bill to the President for his signature straight away.

The total funding provided in this bill remains at $984 billion, the level required by the President's sequestration order.

To summarize the contents of H.R 933 briefly:

Interior and Environment Subcommittee Announces Public Witness Hearing Dates
March 11, 2013
Press Release

The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold public witnesses hearings on April 16 and 17 for all subcommittee programs, and on April 24 and 25, 2013, for American Indian/Alaskan Native programs.

The deadline to submit requests to testify is March 27, 2013.

Please find further instructions for submitting a request to testify to the Subcommittee by clicking here.

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