Press Releases
March 8, 2011
The Interior Department is directly responsible for managing 20 percent of Americas land as well as its Indian trust responsibilities. This is an important mission which generates millions of jobs, produces energy for our economy and our standard of living, and protects our natural heritage for future generations
Issues:Interior and Environment
March 8, 2011
Opening Statement of Congressman José E. Serrano
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
Hearing on the Small Business Administration
March 8, 2011
Thank you, Chairwoman Emerson, and I too would like to welcome Karen Mills, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to this hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. Because of the crucial part that small businesses play in job creation and our continued economic recovery, the SBA has a very important role in promoting job growth.
Issues:Financial Services
March 2, 2011
The issues before CENTCOM are difficult, but our committee must do all it can to help General Mattis deal with these obstacles efficiently and effectively. As Ranking Member, I am committed to working with Chairman Culberson and my colleagues on the subcommittee to help them get the job done.
Issues:Military Construction, VA
March 1, 2011
I believe we need to set aside...political considerations and get serious about finishing up work on the Fiscal Year 2011 budget... I think it is obvious that we are going to need more than the next two weeks to get from here to there.
March 1, 2011
I believe we need to set aside...political considerations and get serious about finishing up work on the Fiscal Year 2011 budget... I think it is obvious that we are going to need more than the next two weeks to get from here to there.
February 19, 2011
The result, after more than four days of debate over hundreds of amendments, is a bill that is regrettably even worse than when it was introduced, and it is now encumbered with an array of ideologically-driven provisions that will surely render it dead on arrival in the other body and virtually impossible for the President to sign it into law.
February 19, 2011
The result, after more than four days of debate over hundreds of amendments, is a bill that is regrettably even worse than when it was introduced, and it is now encumbered with an array of ideologically-driven provisions that will surely render it dead on arrival in the other body and virtually impossible for the President to sign it into law.
February 12, 2011
C.R. Cuts Are Irresponsible, Extreme... will CUT jobs by the thousands. I cannot convey more strongly how ill-advised this is.
Issues:Financial Services
February 12, 2011
Most damaging are the nearly $2 billion in cuts to state revolving funds, which provide grants to states for drinking water, sewage and storm water runoff systems. This does nothing but take the burden of providing clean water to drink and clean air to breathe off the federal government, thrusting it onto the shoulders of hundreds of cities and states already struggling to meet the needs of their constituents.
Issues:Interior and Environment
February 12, 2011
A stunning example of the mindless nature of the Republican partys budget slashing exercise