Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (113th Congress)
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Barbara Lee (CA)
Chaka Fattah (PA)
Jurisdiction
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services (Except Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Food and Drug Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities; and National Institute of Environmental Sciences (formerly EPA/Superfund))
Department of Labor
Related Agencies
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Council on Disability
National Education Goals Panel
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Railroad Retirement Board
Social Security Administration
2014 enacted level: $156.8 billion
2015 Request: $158.1 billion
2015 Omnibus: $156.8 billion
2015 emergency funding for Ebola: $2.7 billion
Highlights and key points:
Congressman Harold Rogers (R-KY) and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) today sent the following letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan and National Security Advisor Susan Rice requesting details on the Administration's response to the emerging public health crisis in Africa:
Dear Ambassador Rice and Director Donovan:
The President has announced that the United States Government has initiated a government–wide response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa to address this serious public health event that is killing thousands of victims, expanding exponentially, and could disrupt the functioning and governance of the affected countries.
The Committee is prepared to respond and assist in these efforts as necessary. We recognize that we need to act quickly to avoid a potential global health security crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today decried the proposed allocations for labor, health and education programs, which were opposed by all Democrats on the Appropriations Committee. DeLauro is the senior Democrat on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. The Republican Majority is attempting to cut over $1 billion from programs that fund critical areas such as medical research, early childhood education, job training programs, education for children with special needs, and worker safety programs.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I think with your comment with regard to the grant and the lobbying connection it's important to note that the Inspector General at HHS said in response to the letter that you wrote and they wrote back ‘in our review of the records for these four grant awards, we found no evidence that the grants violated prohibitions on the use of Federal funds for lobbying, publicity, or propaganda.' And sometimes in regards to research when I was chair of the Agriculture Committee when someone said we're going to do research on the glassy-eyed sharpshooter I said "what could that be research on." Well if you talk to people all over the nation the glassy-eyed sharpshooter destroys vines and grapes, which destroys an industry. So sometimes just to the eye of the observer, it's not what it appears to be.