Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (116th Congress)

1036 Longworth House Office Building
(202) 225-3481
Ranking Member: Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma

Recent Activity

Jul 31, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed the Democrats' second appropriations package, H.R.

Jul 30, 2020 Article

As the Republican Leader of the Appropriations Committee, I oppose H.R. 7617, the second package of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills to be considered by the House.

My concerns today will sound very familiar. I had many of the same objections when I spoke on the House floor last week about the first package of appropriations bills.

Jul 13, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills for the subcommittees on Energy and Water Development and Labor-Health and Human Services-Education. Committee Republicans were unable to support these two bills due to several new policy proposals and a total spending level that is billions of dollars above the budget agreement.

Jul 13, 2020 Article

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I want to thank Chairwoman Delauro and Ranking Member Cole for their work on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill that the Committee is considering today.

Jul 9, 2020 Article

Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.

I rise in opposition to the subcommittee allocations because they do not give a complete picture of all of the spending in these appropriations bills.

Jul 7, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, the subcommittees on Homeland Security; Interior and Environment; Legislative Branch; Energy and Water Development; and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education met to consider their appropriations bills for fiscal year 2021. The measures were reported out to the full committee with concerns raised by Republicans. 
 

Jul 7, 2020 Article

Chairwoman Delauro, thank you for presenting the fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill today. 

I also want to thank the Vice Ranking Member of the full committee, Mr. Cole. I appreciate his leadership on the Committee and on this subcommittee to try to find common ground on difficult issues.

Apr 21, 2020 Press Release
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12), the lead Republican on the House Appropriations Committee and a member of the President’s task force on reopening the economy, issued the following statement praising the next coronavirus spending package.
 
Mar 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed the CARES Act. 

"Our nation is facing an unprecedented pandemic, and I am proud that Congress has come together again to provide desperately needed resources and relief to the American people.

Feb 12, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, top Appropriations Committee Republican Kay Granger (R-TX) and Vice Ranking Member and Labor-HHS-Education Ranking Member Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement after a briefing by Administration officials on the response to the coronavirus that originated in China in 2019.

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