Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Chairman Andy Harris
2362-A Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-2638
Majority | Minority |
| Andy Harris – Chair | Sanford Bishop, Jr.– Ranking Member |
| Robert Aderholt | Chellie Pingree |
| David Valadao | Lauren Underwood |
| John Moolenaar | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez |
| Dan Newhouse | Marcy Kaptur |
| Julia Letlow | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
| Ben Cline | |
| Ashley Hinson | |
| Scott Franklin – Vice Chair |
FY27 Outside Witness Testimony Instructions FY27 Member Day Instructions
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6833, a short-term continuing resolution extending government funding through December 16th.
I oppose this CR for several reasons.
First, we should be here addressing the border crisis, the energy crisis, and the inflation crisis. This bill does nothing to fix any of these issues.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
The revised allocations presented today do not change the spending levels that were adopted on a party-line vote last week. Because there are no substantive changes, I must once again oppose them.
It is unacceptable to Members on my side of the aisle to underfund our national defense while giving significant increases to the same social programs that received trillions of dollars over the last year. I hope we can find common ground as these bills move to the floor.
Military Base Pay
Thank you, Chair DeLauro. I want to thank you and Ranking Member Granger for your leadership in moving this process forward. I also appreciate the hard work of Chairman Bishop in crafting the fiscal year 2023 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that is before us today.
Thank you, Madam Chair, for yielding.
First, I want to thank Chairman Bishop and Acting Ranking Member Harris for their work on this appropriations bill that funds the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. I also want to acknowledge the committee staff for their efforts.
WASHINGTON – Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2023 subcommittee spending levels, known as "302(b)" allocations. The appropriations bills for the subcommittees on Defense and Legislative Branch were also considered by the full committee.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
As we sit here today, inflation is 8.6 percent above last year, the highest it's been in more than 40 years. Economists are saying American households should budget an extra $5,000 this year to cover rising prices – that's over $400 a month. Many families simply cannot afford this.
Prices of everyday goods have skyrocketed over the last year under the Biden Administration. For example:
