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Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Homeland Security's budget request for Fiscal Year 2016. The hearing's witness was Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), senior Democrat on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee today called for more funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She also highlighted the agency's proposal to better monitor the amount and impact of sports-related head injuries. The opening statement below is as delivered before the Committee. The exchange on sports-related head injuries can be viewed here, beginning at about 1:21:00.
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard budget request for Fiscal Year 2016. The hearing's witness was Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul F. Zukunft.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), senior member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee made the below following statement at today's hearing on the National Labor Relations Board's Fiscal Year 2016 budget request. It can also be viewed here.
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), the Ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) budget request for Fiscal Year 2016. The hearing's witness was TSA Acting Administrator Melvin Carraway.
Thank you Mr. Chairman. I would also like to welcome Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen back before the subcommittee.
We are here today at a very serious time for the Internal Revenue Service. Last year, the IRS budget was cut by $346 million dollars, leaving the agency at the lowest level of funding since fiscal year 2008. Since fiscal year 2010, the IRS has been cut by more than $1.2 billion. And if some in the other party had had their way, they would have been cut even further.
Washington, DC – Congressman David E. Price (NC-04), Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following opening statement at this morning's hearing with Administrator Michael Huerta of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to join you in welcoming Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta to the Subcommittee.
Welcome, Secretary Klaus and Secretary Whitney, and thank you for taking the time to discuss the Environmental Program.
Mr. Whitney, your program faces massive challenges. The legacy of the Manhattan Project is an obligation we as a country must address. The continued issues at the Waste Isolation Plant and at Hanford are illustrative of not only the dangers posed by the remaining materials, but also the technical and budgetary challenges that further complicate the eventual success of the Department's efforts.
Secretary Lew, I join Chairwoman Granger in welcoming you here today.
As a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, you are keenly aware of the factors that go into the preparation of an annual budget proposal. It really is a statement of values.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us this morning, most of all thank you for your leadership on behalf of American workers and their families.
"The Department of Labor exists to represent the tens of millions of families who form the bedrock of our society and the engine of our dynamic economy. It helps provide them with stability by protecting their wages, their working conditions, health benefits, and retirement security.