Congressman Aderholt Named Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee

WASHINGTON — Congressman Robert Aderholt released the following statement after being selected the Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. 

“It is an honor to have been chosen to chair this important Appropriations Subcommittee.  The Labor, Health and Human Services & Education subcommittee is responsible for the largest pool of non-defense government spending in the entire federal budget, and with that, comes the commitment to renewed oversight and fiscal responsibility as we move into the Fiscal Year 23 Appropriations cycle. 

“The new Republican majority in the House has made a commitment to the American people to get government spending under control.  As chairman of this committee under Appropriations, I will be laser focused on looking at areas where we can reign in out-of-control spending, much of it put in place during the pandemic and no longer needed.   

“As the national debt approaches $33 trillion, we must get control of the discretionary, non-defense spending.  With so many threats to our national security from the likes of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, cutting defense spending is, in my opinion, not an option.  Therefore, we must look at areas of our domestic spending that have grown wildly out of control.

“I want to use the power of the gavel to make sure that this subcommittee is meeting its commitments to the departments and agencies it funds without breaking the bank built by American taxpayers.  

“Lastly, and most certainly not least, I will work as chairman to make sure we defend the most vulnerable among us by protecting the Hyde Amendment.  For decades, this amendment, which prevents tax dollars from being used to pay for abortions, received bipartisan support.  Only in recent years have some on the left tried to remove this important safeguard.  I will work to make sure it stays firmly in place.”

The announcement from House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger can be found here.