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Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
The revised spending allocations presented today contain only technical corrections to the initial allocations, which were adopted on a party-line vote two weeks ago.
Because there are no substantive changes from the initial allocations, I must once again oppose them.
Thank you, Madam Chair, for yielding.
First, I want to thank the chair and ranking member for their work on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill.
WASHINGTON – Today, the full committee met to consider the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills for the subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Commerce, Justice, and Science. Committee Republicans were unable to support the bills due to the total spending level and controversial policy provisions that are in the bills.
I want to thank the chair for presenting the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill.
Chair DeLauro unveils this bill today as the leader of our full committee and the subcommittee.
I know she has worked extremely hard to have the opportunity to hold both of these positions, and I have great respect for her dedication to these issues.
Madam Chair, thank you for yielding.
These spending allocations will increase discretionary spending by hundreds of billions of dollars to an all-time high of $1.5 trillion.
This nearly 9% increase above fiscal year 2021 comes at a time of record-high deficits and debt:
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