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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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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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Chairman Womack Statement on CBO Deficits and Debt Report
"CBO’s latest report helps us understand the nation’s fiscal challenges in a new way by showing the magnitude of actions necessary to confront the nation’s debt."
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House Approves FY 2019 NDAA Conference Report
On behalf of the House Budget Committee, Chairman Womack and Representative Bergman served as conferees in the bipartisan, bicameral NDAA negotiations that produced the report approved on the floor today.
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NDAA Conferees Unveil Negotiated Agreement
Today, members of the conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) unveiled the agreement reached in the bicameral negotiations.
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