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The House returns to Washington today for a short and busy week before the Memorial Day recess. The House Armed Services Committee is preparing to take up the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY25 NDAA), the annual bill to fund the Department of Defense and our Armed Forces.
Congress entered May with a lot of work to do, needing to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Authorization Act, a new Farm Bill, and the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and FY25 appropriations bills by September 30th.
After months of infighting and delay, the House finally passed a national security supplemental aid package to support our global allies, partners, and innocent civilians impacted by international conflicts around the world.
Despite pressing national security and humanitarian issues facing the United States across the world and a key tool in collecting intelligence concerning foreign terrorism set to expire on April 19th, the House returned from a two-week recess last week to consider a slate of Republican messaging bills. For the seventh time this Congres.
After nearly six months of negotiations and looming government shutdowns, Congress finally passed all twelve appropriations bills to fully fund the government through Fiscal Year 2024! Without surprise, it was a chaotic process to get them passed in both chambers and sent to President Biden’s desk.
Welcome to another week in which we are facing a partial government shutdown. This Friday, funding for roughly three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending expires. Last night, budget negotiators announced a deal on the remaining six appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024.
It was an exciting and busy week that marked my one-year anniversary as your Congresswoman, the President’s State of the Union Address, and the passage of a fiscal year 2024 funding bill covering half the appropriations bills needed to keep the government up and running. We have 11 days to pass legislation to fund the rest before another partial shutdown deadline.
Last week we closed out Black History Month and began Women’s History Month during a busy week in Washington and the District. I celebrated state and local leaders in the District with my first Black History Month Coffee and joined Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Senators Warner and Kaine to recognize Black leaders from across Virginia at the Commonwealth Coffee.
We are less than four days away from a partial government shutdown when about 20% of federal agencies’ funding will expire on March 1st. The remaining 80% of federal government agencies will run out of funding on March 8th.