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WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after voting against H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
Today, the Honorable Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer for DoD, testified about the U.S. Defense budget request for FY23. I asked about a recent report that highlights the gouging of the Defense Department by vendors, which ends up costing taxpayers upwards of 3000% of the cost to make an item.
In my weekly update for my constituents, I discuss the Omnibus funding bill we passed this week. This bill includes funding for many important priorities, and additional assistance for Ukraine. I also discuss the Violence Against Women Act and the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching bill, as well as several other topics.
In this week's update, I talk about the situation with Russia and the Ukraine, a recent hearing on the debt limit, and the recent discovery of classified information at Trump's Mar-a-Lago.
As a member of the Budget Committee, I participated in a hearing on February 16, 2022, to discuss the debt limit.
This week, I talk about the vote on the debt ceiling. I also talk about my hearing in the #SubConsumer subcommittee on supply chain and manufacturing issues we are seeing. This week, I introduced a bill dealing with social media platforms and the harms their algorithms may cause.
This week, I provide some updates on the Debt Ceiling vote and the work on the Build Back Better bill. I also discuss President Biden's visit to the Chicago area, and some related COVID-19 updates. This week I introduced some legislation, including the Safer Beauty Bill Package and the INFORM Consumer Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement after voting against the H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022:
My weekly update for my constituents this week includes some updates on Afghanistan, the Budget vote, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.