#US House Committee on Appropriations
Rep. Case votes against FY 25 House bills slashing education, housing budgets
US Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) US House Committee on Appropriations passed on Wednesday three more measures for the upcoming federal fiscal year (FY) 2025, commencing Oct. 1, 2024.
Federal spending bill includes provisions to assist Hawaiʻi small businesses and tourism
The recently passed $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill includes several initiatives to strengthen Hawaiʻi’s dominant tourism and small business economies and assist Hawai’i workers with their retirements.
$85.7 billion homeland security bill approved in committee for FY 2023, $2.7 billion increase
The US House Committee on Appropriations approved an $85.67 billion Homeland Security bill for FY 2023 — $2.7 billion more than the previous year.
US House Committee on Appropriations approves $27 billion for agriculture
The US House Committee on Appropriations has approved $27.2 billion for FY 2023 for agriculture, rural development and the Food & Drug Administration, including $1.7 billion for agriculture research.
$2M in federal funding secured to build a new home for the Blood Bank of Hawai‘i
“As the US faces our worst blood shortage in over a decade, I am especially pleased that my Committee approved my Community Project Funding to support a new home for the Blood Bank of Hawai‘i. Due in part to its geographic isolation, Hawai‘i particularly depends on the generosity of people to donate the gift of life-saving blood, and we have turned to the Blood Bank time and again to ensure a safe and reliable blood supply for all of Hawai‘i. This funding could not have come at a more critical time.”
$52.81B Homeland Security FY Funding Proposed to Support HI-EMA, ICE and More
Congressman Ed Case, HI-01, announced approval by his US House Committee on Appropriations of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, one of the 12 bills that will collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022, commencing Oct. 1, 2021.
$715 Billion Surface Transportation and Water Infrastructure Measure Advances
Congressman Ed Case announced the full House passage of the INVEST in America Act on Thursday, July 1, calling for a $715 billion five-year federal government investment in our nation’s surface transportation and water infrastructure.
Appropriations Committee Funding Bill Includes Rep. Case’s $500,000 Request for INPEACE
The US House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which includes funding various government programs that support small and minority businesses, according to Committee member Ed Case (HI-01).
