Press Release : Defense

  • House Passes Four-Bill Appropriations Package

    June 19, 2019 Press Release
    The House today passed, on a 226 to 203 vote, a package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills. The package consists of four bills that fund federal departments including Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, and Energy from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.

  • House to Consider First Appropriations Minibus This Week

    June 10, 2019 Press Release
    The package includes the FY 2020 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Defense, State-Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development spending bills.

  • Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Funding Bill

    May 21, 2019 Press Release
    The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Defense bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation funds the Department of Defense, including operations and maintenance, readiness activities, research and development, equipment modernization, and health and quality-of-life programs for our troops and military families.

  • Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2020 Energy and Water Development, Defense Bill Reports Ahead of Tuesday Markup

    May 20, 2019 Press Release
    The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2020 Energy and Water Development and Defense appropriations bills.

  • Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Funding Bill

    May 15, 2019 Press Release
    The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2020 bill. In total, the bill provides $690.2 billion in new discretionary spending authority for the Department of Defense for functions under the Defense Subcommittee’s jurisdiction, an increase of $15.8 billion above the fiscal year 2019 enacted level, and $8 billion below the President’s budget request. The bill next heads to the full Committee for markup.

  • Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Funding Bill

    May 14, 2019 Press Release

    WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2020 Defense funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee on Wednesday, May 15.

  • Visclosky Denies Request to Use Defense Funds for Unauthorized Border Wall

    March 27, 2019 Press Release
    “This unprecedented action will clearly be a consideration as the Committee disposes the entirety of the Department’s budget request, including its current transfer authority"

  • Lowey Announces Appropriations Subcommittee Vice Chairs

    January 31, 2019 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today announced Vice Chairs for the House Appropriations Committee’s 12 subcommittees in the 116th Congress.

  • Lowey Announces Appropriations Committee Roster

    January 16, 2019 Press Release
    House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today announced the Democratic rosters for the House Appropriations Committee’s 12 subcommittees in the 116th Congress, including the Subcommittee Chairs and full Committee Vice Chair who were elected by the Committee’s Democratic Members.

  • Chairwoman Lowey Statement to House Rules Committee on H.R. 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act

    January 15, 2019 Press Release
    Across the country, we have watched as hurricanes have pummeled Florida and the Carolinas, wildfires have burned large swathes of the West, and typhoons have struck territories in the Pacific. In addition to the tragic loss of life, families have lost everything, businesses have been upended, and communities have been ripped apart. This legislation attempts to meet these needs with $12.14 billion in emergency spending.

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