Full committee
There is no question that if Chairman Obey was permitted to write this bill on his own, it would be a much better product. Instead, the House is being asked to consider a spending bill that reflects the priorities of Speaker Pelosi and a deeply divided Democratic Caucus. If attempts to bridge these widening division over the War in Iraq by delivering billions of dollars in unrelated and unauthorized spending under an emergency designation.
Lewis: Despite delays, troop funding supplemental is finally something “we all can support”
Ranking Member Lewis Statement on the Emergency War Funding Supplemental
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Ranking Member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif), issued the following statement today in support of the long-awaited 2008-2009 emergency war funding supplemental legislation:
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Ryan and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Lewis will oppose H.R. 6327
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan, and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Republican Jerry Lewis today joined together in opposition to the Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008 (H.R. 6327).
Lewis demands consideration of Interior Appropriations bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Ranking Member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif) today demanded that the Appropriations Committee mark up the fiscal year 2009 Interior Appropriations bill, and offered the delayed legislation as a substitute amendment to the FY 2009 Labor, Health, and Human Services bill.
Lewis Hails White House Decision to Lift Executive Ban on Off-Shore Drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Jerry Lewis released the following statement on the decision by President Bush to lift the decades-long executive ban on off-shore drilling:
“President Bush has done the right thing by lifting his executive order banning off-shore drilling. The President’s action today sends a signal that Republicans in Washington are listening to calls to address our nation’s energy crisis.
Lewis and Cochran Criticize "Historic Failure" to Pass Appropriations Bills
Democrat Stalling Tactics Put Vital Programs at Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Appropriations Ranking Republican Senator Thad Cochran and House Appropriations Ranking Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis today joined to criticize the Democrat majority’s historic failure to move annual appropriations bills that fund the federal government.
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approves funding bill minus critical domestic energy production amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior today marked up and approved the Fiscal Year 2009 funding bill for the Department of the Interior. However, a critical amendment which would provide some relief from the nation’s exploding oil prices failed to garner enough Democratic support to be included in the passed bill.
