House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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• Democratic Caucus Chairman
• Your Government in Action
• Calmes: That scowl. The gag order. Frightened jurors. Who’s on trial, a former president or a mob boss?
• H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
• McHenry Delivers Remarks at Markup of Regulatory Oversight Legislation
• Republican Policy Committee Chairman
• Energy, Climate, & Grid Security

He has also championed efforts to expand access to affordable health care, combat food insecurity, preserve Social Security and Medicare, prevent gun violence, diversify and strengthen our local water supply, and protect a woman's right to choose. Mike is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and, as the grandson of immigrants from Mexico, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a markup of various measures, including a slate of Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to nullify a series of gross regulatory oversteps on the part of Biden’s banking regulators. The Committee will also consider measures to preserve and promote innovation in financial services and correct provisions in existing law that are being exploited for uses other than their intended purposes. Chair Rodgers called TikTok CEO Shou Chew to appear before the committee to testify on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, the platforms’ impact on kids, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.

Democratic Caucus Chairman

House leadership includes the speaker, majority and minority leaders, assistant leaders, whips and a party caucus or conference. The speaker acts as leader of the House and combines several institutional and administrative roles. Majority and minority leaders represent their respective parties on the House floor. Whips assist leadership in managing their party's legislative program on the House floor. A party caucus or conference is the name given to a meeting of or organization of all party members in the House.

Your Government in Action

The funding would  purchase new radios to for the City of Simi Valley’s police force to replace the aging two-way radio system that is already past its life expectancy. The replacement will bring the system up to today’s technological standards, improve the reliability and serviceability of the radio system, enhance interagency communications, and increase community safety. This project would fund the purchase of highly sophisticated equipment for biomedical research and treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

Calmes: That scowl. The gag order. Frightened jurors. Who’s on trial, a former president or a mob boss?

Over the years, she has brought many government officials and policy makers to her South Central L.A. They included President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Secretaries of Housing & Urban Development Henry Cisneros and Andrew Cuomo, and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve System. Following the unrest, she founded Community Build, the city’s grassroots rebuilding project. House of Representatives passed Representative Young Kim’s (CA-40) H.R. 6323, requires Iran to cease support for acts of international terrorism as a condition for the President to waive secondary sanctions imposed on the regime in Tehran.

This is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will be used to protect life and property during emergencies. The requested funding would be used to repair damage to a local sidewalk and street caused by soil erosion of the supporting bulkhead. This is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will repair a sidewalk that has been damaged, restricting access to local businesses and a fire station.

The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5305(s)(2). The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 23 U.S.C. 133(b). The project has a Federal nexus because the funding provided is for purposes authorized by 23 USC 133. Mike has brought tens of millions of dollars in federal funds to improve the region’s infrastructure through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Prior to being elected to Congress in 2018, Mike fought for climate action while working as an environmental attorney. He also served on the board of the Center for Sustainable Energy and co-founded Sustain OC, helping accelerate the transition toward more sustainable power generation and transportation alternatives.

Cole Releases FY25 Community Project Funding Request Guidance - House Appropriations

Cole Releases FY25 Community Project Funding Request Guidance.

Posted: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:26:32 GMT [source]

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This project will connect employers, educators, and students to develop and implement curriculum for programs to better prepare the emerging workforce to enter the job market in today’s economy. This is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds as it will improve the quality and quantity of the emerging workforce in the area. This project will install medians, edge curb and gutters, and overlay of the six lane roadway of Magic Mountain Parkway from Avignon Drive to Tourney Road. This project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it would make critical improvements to an underdeveloped roadway to bring it into compliance with current safety standards.

Republican Policy Committee Chairman

The bill also provides for a congressional review process for national security interest waivers of these sanctions if Iran continues its support for global terror. She is chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, which oversees the Capitol Police. That committee has held several hearings on how department leaders handled the riot and the security failures that allowed more than 1,000 people to storm the building without going through normal security procedures. The funding would be used to purchase a state-of-the-art mobile cancer screening unit to provide cancer screening services to the Antelope Valley. The Antelope Valley is one of California's most socioeconomically diverse and medically vulnerable regions, with significant cancer risk and poor outcomes.

Energy, Climate, & Grid Security

The committees and party conferences may have rules determining term limits for leadership and membership, though waivers can be issued. Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules.[3][4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. “The EPA’s rush to dismantle our nation’s baseload electricity generation will harm people’s lives and well-being. These policies undermine American energy security by forcing states to fundamentally change how they generate electricity. At a time when more than half the nation is at elevated risk of forced blackouts, the administration’s unrelenting rush-to-green agenda is shutting down the types of generation needed to keep the lights on and raising costs across the board. On June 6, 2023, Chair Rodgers led a letter to EPA from all Energy and Commerce Republicans on the agency’s CPP2.0.

Change Healthcare, which was acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum subsidiary in 2022, is one of the nation’s largest providers of health care payment management systems. On February 21, UnitedHealth Group reported it had experienced a cyberattack on its platforms, and it had taken all Change Healthcare systems offline to contain the incident. As a result of the outage, critical services affecting patient care—including billing services, claims transmittals, and eligibility verifications—became inoperable. Though UnitedHealth first notified users that it expected the disruption to “last at least through the day,” several of the company’s products have now been inoperable for more than a month. “Change Healthcare is a central player in the country’s health care system, which has been upended by the recent breach,” t he bipartisan Committee leaders wrote to Mr. Witty.

The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will improve access to safe and clean drinking water for a community with existing supply challenges. Requested funding would be used to improve a 1.9 mile stretch of the Old Road between Henry Mayo Drive and Magic Mountain Parkway to improve safety and traffic. This is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will improve safety and traffic flow along an arterial roadway in the region. As she confronts the issues such as poverty, economic development, equal justice under the law and other issues of concern to people of color, women, children, and poor people, Rep. Waters enjoys a broad cross section of support from diverse communities across the nation. Congresswoman Maxine Waters is considered by many to be one of the most powerful women in American politics today. She has gained a reputation as a fearless and outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color, the poor, veterans, and seniors.

Still, as the only committee member with a scheduled weekly news conference — held Tuesday mornings after the Democratic Caucus meets — he’s found himself giving periodic updates of the committee’s work. Information about all receipts and expenditures of representatives, committees, leadership, and officers of the House. Community Leadership Council of the East San Fernando ValleyLight Rail Transit Project Virtual Meeting Come meet the 15 members of the Community Leadership Council of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project. The CLC is an advisory group comprised of community leaders who will advise on and support outreach and engagement efforts throughout the construction of the project. Provides thirty minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. Provides thirty minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.