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House Budget Committee Approves FY 2019 Budget Resolution
"This week, I am proud that the House Budget Committee advanced an optimistic, responsible, and balanced vision that addresses our real challenges and builds on economic success. The Budget for a Brighter American Future truly ensures the future will be brighter for generations to come.”
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Womack Urges Colleagues to Continue Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, Releases Committee Print
This week, House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack sent a letter to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging his colleagues to continue…
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ICYMI: Womack Calls for Renewed Commitment to Budget and Appropriations Process Reform on House Floor as Latest CR is Set to Expire
On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack spoke on the House Floor about the status of fiscal year (FY) 2019 government funding and…
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Status of Government Funding for Fiscal Year 2019
The power of the purse is the most important responsibility granted to Congress by the Constitution. In order to fund the Federal Government, Congress must…
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Centralized Education
While Republicans and Democrats agree that access to quality education is an important priority, success in this space is dependent on state and local governments driving education policy and funding, not the Federal Government.
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Womack, Yarmuth Respond to GAO’s Legal Opinion Confirming Congress’s Power of the Purse
“Article I grants the power of the purse to Congress,” said Chairman Womack. “Today’s GAO opinion reaffirms that most essential responsibility.”
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Bipartisan Budget Reform
On November 29, 2018, House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack and Ranking Member John Yarmuth introduced H.R. 7191, the Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2018.
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Pension Bailouts
Using taxpayer dollars to bail out qualifying plans is an irresponsible budget-busting proposal and the wrong solution to stabilize private sector multiemployer pension plans insured by PBGC.
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House Budget Committee Chairman, Ranking Member Introduce Bipartisan Budget Reform Legislation
House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack (AR-3) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (KY-3) today introduced the Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Process Reform Act of 2018.
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Womack Statement on Joint Select Committee Final Vote
“I am extremely disappointed in our failure and in my colleagues who lacked the ‘political will’ we have preached is so needed in Washington to vote out this good, bipartisan proposal."
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