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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024, also known as “302(b)s."
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill.
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), Ranking Member of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill.
This is the first 2024 bill we are marking up in full committee, and despite having a bill with a topline signed into law, we are operating under unprecedented circumstances that follow a months-long saga of Republicans holding the global economy hostage and placing us on the brink of default and economic catastrophe.
While Republicans are now fully funding Medical Care at VA, we now know – thanks to a press story last night leaking the full slate of 302(b) allocations, that the rest of the domestic bills that veterans rely on will be gutted. We literally just passed the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act, and Republicans are already reneging on the agreement.