Cardona made similar assurances last week before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/education-department-braces-for-restart-of-student-loan-payments-herculean-task/article_49c0da72-7df1-5728-9ec0-47c4f2e657fb.html

In fact, this is the first year in two decades that neither the chair nor the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee hasn’t been a Southerner.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/23/britt-face-post-trump-future-00117753

Kupferstein, in a bold move, has initiated contact with the Senate Appropriations Committee, urging them to reconsider AB-1147 in light of the widespread consumer opposition.

Source: https://californianewswire.com/opposition-to-ab-1147-grows-advocates-and-assembly-candidate-raise-concerns-over-consumer-voice/

On Thursday, amid reports that Johnson was weighing pushing forward with a staggered bill, Senate Appropriations Committee chair and Washington Democratic Senator the plan “the craziest, stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.”

Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-unveils-budget-proposal-shutdown

“The Senate Appropriations Committee will be busy and moving full steam ahead with subcommittee hearings on the President’s budget – providing an important opportunity to assess our country’s needs for the coming year.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/03/09/members-of-maines-delegation-react-to-biden-budget-proposal/

This year, Schatz secured an additional $100 million for the new grant program in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill, which unanimously passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/07/27/schatz-secures-85m-grant-program-to-address-national-housing-crisis/