National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart
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Majority | Minority |
| Mario Diaz-Balart – Chair | Lois Frankel – Ranking Member |
| Guy Reschenthaler | Grace Meng |
| Julia Letlow | Norma Torres |
| Juan Ciscomani | Mike Quigley |
| Chuck Edwards – Vice Chair | |
| John Moolenaar | |
| Mark Alford |
FY27 Outside Witness Testimony Instructions FY27 Member Day Instructions
Recent Activity
Madam Chairwoman, I am proud to speak on the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill for floor consideration today.
If you've read the bill, you know it is very straightforward.
If you are a friend or an ally of the United States, this bill supports you.
If you are an adversary or are cozying up to our adversaries, then frankly, you will not like this bill.
I am extremely proud of this bill, which was carefully and thoughtfully developed over many months.
As we continue our work on the Fiscal Year 2024 bills, I want to remind everyone of the situation we find ourselves in.
During the last Congress, trillions of dollars were spent outside of the appropriations process.
We have no choice but to take a hard look at the spending this Committee oversees.
The State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill before us strikes the right balance.
It funds important national security priorities while reducing spending on unnecessary programs.
Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman.
I am pleased to present the fiscal year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill to the full committee for consideration and for approval.
I want to thank Chairwoman Granger for her leadership to get us to this point in the process. I also want to recognize her previous chairmanship and leadership of this subcommittee, as well as the Chairman Emeritus and my friend, Hal Rogers.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 32 to 27.
The Subcommittee will come to order.
I'd like to welcome everyone to today's subcommittee markup of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.
At the outset, I would like to ask my colleagues for their indulgence, as my opening statement is longer than normal to explain the changes in this year's bill.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 subcommittee allocations. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 27.
