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Senate Approves Bipartisan Funding Package in Overwhelming 75-22 Vote
Six-bill package fully funds WIC, protects vital funding to propel our economy, keeps Americans safe, helps families thrive, and rejects extreme Republican riders and draconian cuts ICYMI: Murray Secures Full Funding for WIC, Protecting Lifesaving Benefits for Nearly 7 Million Moms & Kids Nationwide - MORE HERE ICYMI: Senator Murray’s floor remarks urging colleagues to support bipartisan appropriations package - MORE HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate voted 75-22 to se… Continue Reading
03.06.24
Senator Murray Remarks on Six-Bill Appropriations Package
House passed legislation in overwhelming bipartisan 339-85 ***WATCH: Senator Murray’s floor remarks*** ICYMI: Murray, Top Appropriators Release Minibus - MORE HERE ICYMI: Murray Secures Full Funding for WIC, Protecting Lifesaving Benefits for Nearly 7 Million Moms & Kids Nationwide - MORE HERE Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in support of the six-bill appropriations package tha… Continue Reading
03.03.24
Murray, Top Appropriators Release Minibus
Six-bill package fully funds WIC, protects vital funding to propel our economy, keeps Americans safe, helps families thrive, and rejects extreme Republican riders Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the first bicameral, bipartisan package of six fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills alongside Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX-12) and Ranking Member R… Continue Reading
03.03.24
BILL SUMMARY: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Bill strengthens air and rail safety, protects vital funding to help Americans keep a roof over their head, boosts resources to reduce homelessness, and sustains key infrastructure investments while rejecting extreme partisan riders ***Bill text, explanatory statement, & more available HERE*** Washington, D.C. - The Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides $97.484 billion in total discretionary funding. “… Continue Reading
11.01.23
Senator Murray on Overwhelming Passage of Senate Minibus, Next Steps for Appropriations
ICYMI: Senate Passes Bipartisan Funding Package in 82-15 Vote - MORE HERE ***WATCH: Senator Murray's floor remarks*** Washington, D.C. — Today, following Senate passage of the MilCon-VA, Agriculture-FDA, and Transportation-HUD appropriations bills, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor about the Senate’s passage of the package and next steps for appropriations: “Thank you, M. President.… Continue Reading
07.20.23
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Energy and Water Development, State-Foreign Operations, and Transportation-HUD Bills
***WATCH: Senator Murray’s opening remarks*** Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee met and approved the fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water Development; State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bills. “Today, our Committee will continue passing serious Appropriations bills that can actually be signed into law and making sure the voice o… Continue Reading
07.20.23
Chair Murray Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of Energy and Water Development, State-Foreign Operations, Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills
ICYMI: Summary of the Energy and Water Development Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill – READ HERE ICYMI: Summary of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill – READ HERE ICYMI: Summary of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill – READ HERE Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriat… Continue Reading
07.20.23
BILL SUMMARY: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Bill helps get Americans safely to where they need to be, increases America’s housing supply, addresses the homelessness crisis, and invests in America’s infrastructure Washington, D.C. – The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill provides $98.931 billion in total discretionary funding. “Our bill directly addresses America’s housing crisis by protecting affordable housing and… Continue Reading
04.20.23
At Hearing on HUD Budget, Senator Murray Emphasizes Urgency of Strong Federal Investments to Tackle Housing & Homelessness Crisis
***WATCH: Senator Murray's remarks and exchange with Secretary Fudge*** Washington, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on President Biden's FY24 budget request for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, emphasized the importance of passing timely bipartisan spending bills that invest in making our countr… Continue Reading
03.23.23
At Hearing on Transportation Budget, Senator Murray Underscores: We Can’t Compete Without World-Class Ports, Safe Bridges and Railways, and Strong Transit Systems
Senator Murray: "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law we passed laid a strong foundation for an infrastructure decade-now, we have to build on it." ICYMI: Senator Murray Statement on the President's Budget Request - MORE HERE ***WATCH: Senator Murray Discusses Transportation Budget with Secretary Buttigieg*** (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the President's FY24 budget request for the Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Senat… Continue Reading
01.16.20
Senate Appropriations Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy: "Disaster Funds Appropriated By Congress (For Puerto Rico) Are Not Discretionary"
[More than 850 days after the first of two category five hurricanes struck the island of Puerto Rico, Politico reported that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will be lifting its unjustifiable hold on $8.2 billion in disaster aid appropriated by Congress. For more than two years, Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has repeatedly called out President Trump and his administration for dragging their feet and prolonging the suffering of the American ci… Continue Reading
10.22.19
Statement Of Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Today, we begin consideration of a bill containing the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, the Agriculture Appropriations bill, the Interior Appropriations bill, and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. All four of these bills are the product of hard work and bipartisan cooperation by each of the subcommittees, and were reported from the Appropriations Committee unanimously. They make critical investments in affordable housing, in… Continue Reading
09.13.18
Vice Chairman Leahy Statement on Interior, FSGG, Agriculture, T-HUD Minibus
I am pleased to be here at the third appropriations conference of Fiscal Year 2019. We have made a lot of progress toward an agreement on the four bills before us - Interior, Financial Services, Agriculture, and Transportation-HUD - that will allow us to move this package forward, but we still have work to do and differences to resolve. Together these bills demonstrate the importance of the bipartisan budget agreement reached earlier this year. In these four bills, the priorities outlined in … Continue Reading
08.01.18
Appropriations Vice Chairman Leahy (D-Vt.) Statement On Senate Passage Of The Interior, THUD, FSGG & Agriculture “Minibus” Appropriations Bill
Today, we are voting on final passage of the second "minibus" package of appropriations bills, and I urge an "aye" vote. This bill contains the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies bill, the Financial Services and General Government and Related Agencies bill, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill, and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies bill. Each of these were reported by the Appropriations Committ… Continue Reading
06.07.18
Summary Of The FY 2019 Transportation, Housing And Urban Development, And Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON (TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2018) - The fiscal year 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Senate Appropriations bill provides a total of $71.417 billion in discretionary budget authority - $1.117 billion more than fiscal year 2018 and $23.421 billion more than the budget request. Additional resources are provided to prevent and end homelessness among veterans, youth, and victims of domestic violence, as well as to maintain existing rental housing assist… Continue Reading
06.07.18
Statement Of Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On the FY 2019 THUD Appropriations Bill and MilCon VA Appropriations Bill
The Committee has two bills before it today-the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Bill, and the FY 2019 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill. Both are the product of hard work and bipartisan cooperation by each of the subcommittees, and I urge members to support them. First, I want to thank Chairman Collins and Ranking Member Reed for producing a good, bipartisan bill free of poison pill riders. The Transportation, Ho… Continue Reading
06.05.18
SUMMARY: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2019 Transportation, HUD Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON (TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2018) - The fiscal year 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Senate Appropriations bill provides a total of $71.417 billion in discretionary budget authority - $1.117 billion more than fiscal year 2018 and $23.421 billion more than the budget request. Additional resources are provided to prevent and end homelessness among veterans, youth, and victims of domestic violence, as well as to maintain existing rental housing assist… Continue Reading
07.27.17
SUMMARY: Committee Approves FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017) - The fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Senate Appropriations bill provides a total of $60.058 billion in discretionary budget authority - $2.41 billion more than in fiscal year 2017 and $12.130 billion more than the President's budget request. Additional resources are provided to prevent and end homelessness among veterans and youth, as well as to maintain existing rental housing assistance for nearly… Continue Reading
07.27.17
Vice Chairman Leahy Statement On FY '18 CJS, THUD and Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills
Today we mark up three appropriations bills, the fiscal year 2018 Commerce and Justice, Science and Related Agencies bill, the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies bill, and the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. I want to thank Chairman Shelby and Ranking Member Shaheen for their hard work on the CJS bill. This bill represents a truly bipartisan process, making the most out of a tight allocation to fund law enforcement, invest in science, and support eco… Continue Reading
07.25.17
SUMMARY: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2018 THUD Bill
WASHINGTON (TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017) - The fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Senate Appropriations bill provides a total of $60.058 billion in discretionary budget authority - $2.41 billion more than in fiscal year 2017 and $12.385 billion more than the President's budget request. Additional resources are provided to prevent and end homelessness among veterans and youth, as well as to maintain existing rental housing assistance for nearly … Continue Reading