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The bill before us today provides $66.3 billion, an increase of $1.3 billion above fiscal year 2025, and $26.5 billion for major disaster response and recovery activities.
What a difference a year makes. When we were marking up our fiscal year 2025 bill, the border was in disarray. We were spending billions of dollars on sole-source contracts for soft-sided tents to process and manage a Biden policy-driven crisis.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 35 to 27.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2026 bill. The measure was approved by the Subcommittee.
Thank you, Chairman Valadao, and thank you to Ranking Member Espaillat, Ranking Member DeLauro, and to all the members of the subcommittee for being with us today.
I’d like to begin by associating myself with all of Chairman Valadao’s opening statements.
Violence has no place in our nation – not in our politics, not in our communities, and not in our values.
The targeted attacks in Minnesota were heartbreaking and deeply disturbing. We stand with the victims, their families, and all those affected as they face this difficult time.
