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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference after the House passed a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the federal government through November 17. He said the bill …

After 21 Republicans and all Democrats voted against a GOP stopgap proposal to fund the federal government, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) told reporters the only path forward to…

“House Republicans need to keep their commitment to produce 150 votes,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) when asked if Democrats would help the Republican-majority in the Ho…

House Democratic leaders--Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (MA), and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA)--held a news conference from Capitol Hill amid a loomin…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) briefed reporters on the debt limit negotiations between President Biden and House Republicans. Leader Jeffries said, “it’s time for action from …

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the U.S. economy would suffer “severe damage” if the child care shortage is not addressed. The secretary’s warning came as he testified at a House Appropriat…

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies convened a hearing on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) fiscal year 2023 bu…

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. Chief Manger said the proposed inc…

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his department’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. Secretary Becerra defended Pr…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus spoke with reporters about how the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda benefits women.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director and principal deputy director testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before the House Appropriations Subcommi…

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Ser…

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh testified on the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Secretary Walsh answered questions from a House Appropriations subcommittee about women a…

Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before a House Appropriations subcommittee. Regarding schools and the COVID-19 pa…

Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on President Bidens’s fiscal year 2022 Department of Transportation budget request. In his opening statement, Secretary Buttigieg discussed the administrat…

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee to defend President Biden’s HHS fiscal year 2022 budget request. Lawmakers presse…

Government Accountability Office (GAO) and House of Representatives officials testified at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budge…

House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Vice Chair Katherine Clark (D-MA) held a news conference on the legislative agenda. They addressed the death of Justice Ruth Bader Gi…

The House Appropriations Committee debated the fiscal year 2021 Transportation and Housing spending bill, which totals just over $158 billion. Following opening remarks, lawmakers offered am…

The House Appropriations Committee met to debate, mark up, and approve fiscal year 2021 spending levels for homeland security, financial services and other government programs.