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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and James Lankford (R-OK) to reduce the United States’ reliance on China and adversarial nations for critical minerals has advanced in the Senate. Critical minerals and rare earth metals are used...

Peters, Paul & Rubio Bipartisan Bill to Create One Deadline to Apply for FEMA Disaster Assistance Programs for Individuals Advances in the Senate

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) to create one application deadline for two Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs that individuals use for federal disaster assistance has advanced in the Senate.

Granger Remarks at FY24 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Markup

Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for presenting the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill.

Granger, Calvert on FY24 Defense Appropriations Bill

Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Defense Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2024 bill. The measure was approved by the Subcommittee. Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger and Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert released the following statements after the closed markup.

Harris at FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Bill Full Committee Markup

Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger, and I want to commend your leadership in moving the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process forward. I also want to recognize the Ranking Member of the Full Committee, Ms. DeLauro, and the Ranking Member of the Agriculture Subcommittee, Mr. Bishop, as I appreciate the conversations he and I have had in regards to the bill. While I know we don’t agree on everything, we have reached areas of consensus that will keep our Ag communities vital.

Committee Approves FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 27.

Committee Passes Peters and Scott Bipartisan Bill to Help Secure Federal Facilities from Unauthorized Access

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rick Scott (R-FL) to help ensure federal agencies are better able to prevent unauthorized access to buildings leased by the federal government has advanced in the Senate. The bill would require the federal government...

Peters and Cornyn Bipartisan Bill to Increase Screening of Vehicles and Cargo at Ports of Entry Advances in the Senate

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to improve screening of vehicles and cargo entering the United States by increasing the use of non-intrusive inspection systems has advanced in the Senate. The non-intrusive inspection systems...

Committee Passes Peters, Braun & Lankford Bipartisan Bill to Require Transparency of Federal Government’s Use of AI

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Braun (R-IN), and James Lankford (R-OK) torequire transparency of the federal government’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced in the Senate. The bill would require federal agencies to notify individuals...

Committee Passes Peters and Cornyn Bipartisan Bill to Counter Attacks from Weapons of Mass Destruction and Improve Health Security at DHS

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to significantly enhance the federal government’s ability to protect against threats from weapons of mass destruction, which include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons has...

Granger Remarks During Consideration of FY24 Subcommittee Allocations

Release: As we begin debate on the subcommittee allocations, I would like to set the stage for how we got where we are today.

Committee Releases FY24 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, June 15th at 9:00 a.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee’s website.

Granger at FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Bill Full Committee Markup

Release: First, I want to thank Dr. Harris for his work on this bill that funds the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration.

Committee Releases FY24 Defense Appropriations Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Defense Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, June 15th at 10:00 a.m. The markup will be closed.

Carter Remarks at FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill Full Committee Markup

Release: Good morning. I’m honored to present today the first of the FY24 appropriations bills.

28 press releases or notices published in April by House Committee on Appropriations

There were 28 press releases or notices published by the House Committee on Appropriations in April.

Committee Approves FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 27.

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs publishes 40 press releases in December 2022

There were 40 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in December 2022.

Granger Remarks at FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill Full Committee Markup

Release: As we begin our first full committee markup for Fiscal Year 2024, I want to take a moment to remind everyone what happened with government spending the last two years and explain the challenges this Committee now has ahead of us.