Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Chairman Chuck Fleischmann
2362-B Rayburn House Office Building
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Majority | Minority |
| Chuck Fleischmann – Chair | Marcy Kaptur – Ranking Member |
| Mike Simpson | James E. Clyburn |
| Ken Calvert | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
| Dan Newhouse | Mike Levin |
| Guy Reschenthaler | Frank Mrvan |
| Michael Guest | Susie Lee |
| Michael Cloud – Vice Chair | |
| Scott Franklin | |
| Celeste Maloy |
FY26 Member Day Hearing Instructions FY26 Outside Witness Hearing Instructions
Recent Activity
Thank you, Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole, for allowing me to testify on H.R. 4502, a package of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
I wish the circumstances were different and I were here speaking in favor of this important piece of legislation.
Unfortunately, there is not bipartisan support, so I am here to ask the Rules Committee to allow amendments to H.R. 4502, so that it can be improved.
WASHINGTON – Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills for the subcommittees on Energy and Water Development and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. The committee also considered technical changes to the subcommittee allocations, known as 302(b)s. Committee Republicans did not support reporting out these measures due to the total spending level and controversial policy provisions that are in the bills.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
The revised spending allocations presented today contain only technical corrections to the initial allocations, which were adopted on a party-line vote two weeks ago.
Because there are no substantive changes from the initial allocations, I must once again oppose them.
They do not change the topline spending levels for any of the subcommittee bills – even though Members on my side of the aisle have consistently asked for bipartisan cooperation on funding levels.
Thank you, Madam Chair, for yielding.
First, I want to recognize Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson for their work on putting this Energy and Water Development bill together.
As a result of their work, this bill addresses the priorities of Members on both sides of the aisle and does many good things for the American people.
In particular, I appreciate that the bill continues significant funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for navigation and flood control projects that are so important to our economy and public safety.
Madam Chair, I thank you for bringing forward the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill today.
I also want to thank the ranking member, Mr. Simpson, for his leadership on this subcommittee.
As a result of your work, this bill addresses the priorities of Members on both sides of the aisle and does many good things for the American people.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
These spending allocations will increase discretionary spending by hundreds of billions of dollars to an all-time high of $1.5 trillion.
This nearly 9% increase above fiscal year 2021 comes at a time of record-high deficits and debt:
