Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Chairman Robert Aderholt
2358-B Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-3508
Majority | Minority |
| Robert Aderholt – Chair | Rosa DeLauro – Ranking Member |
| Mike Simpson | Steny Hoyer |
| Andy Harris | Mark Pocan |
| Chuck Fleischmann | Lois Frankel |
| John Moolenaar | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
| Julia Letlow – Vice Chair | Josh Harder |
| Andrew Clyde | Madeleine Dean |
| Jake Ellzey | |
| Stephanie Bice | |
| Riley Moore |
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Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I want to begin, Madam Chair, by reciprocating your very gracious personal remarks. It has been a pleasure to work with you and your staff and your team and frankly our colleagues on both sides of the aisle over these many years together. I'm proud of what we've been able to do in partnership and look forward to us being able to work together as we go through this process.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee considered their appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023. The measures were reported out to the full committee with concerns raised by Republicans.
Ranking Member Kay Granger (R-TX), the lead Republican for the Appropriations Committee, said of the measures, "It is irresponsible to increase funding for the same social programs that received trillions of dollars over the last year.
I want to thank the chair for yielding and for her work on the fiscal year 2023 bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
I also want to recognize the ranking member of this subcommittee, Tom Cole. He serves as the vice ranking member for the Republicans on our committee. I truly value your advice and your expertise.
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:
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 Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7691, a bill that would provide additional assistance to Ukraine and other partners in the region.
Ten weeks ago, we witnessed Russia begin its attack on the sovereign nation of Ukraine.
To support Ukraine and our allies during this unprovoked, illegal, and appalling attack, Congress provided nearly 14 billion dollars in emergency funding through the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
That funding has been crucial in Ukraine's efforts to fight back against Putin's evil invasion.
Mister Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2471, a bill that will provide funding for the Federal Government through the end of this fiscal year.
While it has taken us far too long to get here, I am glad we were able to produce a bill that includes many funding priorities that I support.
Since last summer, I have made it clear that House Republicans wouldn't oppose appropriations bills unless they:
Lead Republicans Kay Granger (TX) and Virginia Foxx (NC) on Appropriations and Education & Labor Committees respectfully, both former educators, penned an op-ed for The Washington Times on the need to reopen schools, warning of the lasting negative effects on our nation's children if we don't change course:
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H.R. 2471 - Omnibus
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration
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