{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=CF6D2175-9F47-42C9-93F9-CE0B10A2A211", "COMMITTEE APPROVES FY26 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT", "2025-09-10", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 28.\n\nCommerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) said, \"America has been revitalized over the last eight months. Working alongside President Trump, we are charting a course of recovery, growth, and reinforcing our standing on the world stage. Thanks to historic security improvements at the border, driving down illegal immigration and drug trafficking, we can focus on addressing the crime that has been infiltrating our neighborhoods and cities for far too long. While many of our states are now witnessing record reductions in overdose death rates, we must remain vigilant in our work to shut down the Transnational Criminal Organizations that remain a serious threat to the United States and strengthen our law enforcement agencies. This bill also puts American innovation first again through key investments in space science and exploration, maintaining our competitive edge over China. Finally, the deadly natural disasters in Kentucky, Texas and other states this year, have gravely reminded us that we must equip the National Weather Service with better emergency warning systems to keep the American people safe.\n\n\"I applaud Chairman Tom Cole for paving the way for regular order through the complex work of each subcommittee, aiming to right-size the federal government for future generations.\"\n\nChairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said, \"The FY26 CJS bill is about protecting the nation on every front\u2014safeguarding our streets, restoring fiscal discipline, defending constitutional freedoms, and renewing public trust in government. It invests in law enforcement to combat crime and fentanyl, while standing firm against Communist China\u2019s theft of American technology and innovation. It also advances U.S. leadership in space exploration and scientific discovery. At its core, this bill reflects the enduring promise of our nation: safety at home, economic strength and competitiveness, and liberty for every American. The expert leadership of Chairman Rogers has delivered a strong and focused measure that puts security, accountability, and national strength first.\"\n\nSubcommittee Chairman Rogers' opening remarks are available here.\n\nChairman Cole's opening remarks are available here.\n\nFiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act\n\nThe Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides a total discretionary allocation of $76.824 billion, which represents a 2.8 percent decrease compared to the total effective spending of the fiscal year 2025 enacted level. The defense portion of the allocation is $6.234 billion, and the non-defense portion of the allocation is $70.590 billion.\n\nThe bill appropriately right-sizes federal Executive Branch agencies while refocusing agency programs and operations on their core missions. Importantly, the bill directs funding to support the fight against fentanyl, boosts funding for state and local law enforcement, and invests in efforts to counter the Communist Republic of China, all while safeguarding the constitutional rights of Americans.\n\nKey Takeaways\n\nSupports the Trump Administration and mandate of the American people by:\n\nPreserving Second Amendment rights by maintaining all legacy firearms riders and adding new provisions that strengthen Second Amendment protections.\n\nContinuing the long-standing Hyde-like prohibition that prevents the use of Department of Justice funds to pay for abortion.\n\nCodifying President Trump\u2019s executive actions to end discriminatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs by prohibiting funding for DEI efforts and Critical Race Theory.\n\nSupporting President Trump\u2019s executive action to restore free speech by prohibiting the federal government from labeling constitutionally protected speech by a United States person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation.\n\nContinuing the prohibition on funding for any discriminatory action against individuals advocating for traditional marriage.\n\nUpholding prohibitions on funding for COVID vaccine and mask mandates.\n\nEnding the Biden Administration\u2019s targeting of everyday Americans by scaling back federal regulation efforts.\n\nBolsters U.S. national security and border protections by:\n\nMandating that the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) reinstate case completion performance metrics to increase immigration adjudications and hold immigration judges accountable.\n\nCountering the flow of fentanyl and other opioids by providing funding above the FY25 enacted level for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and appropriately funding the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces to enhance multi-agency efforts to combat transnational organized crime and reduce the availability of illicit drugs.\n\nMaintaining strong support for law enforcement by preserving robust funding for Byrne JAG formula grants and COPS Hiring grants that assist state and local law enforcement agencies.\n\nFocusing DOJ grant funding on programs that assist law enforcement in addressing the opioid crisis, combating child exploitation, eliminating the rape kit backlog, and preventing school violence.\n\nCounters China and maintains America\u2019s competitive edge by:\n\nDirecting the re-establishment of the DOJ China Initiative.\n\nInvesting in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum, and advanced manufacturing.\n\nSupporting the critical Artemis program to advance American leadership in space and countering China\u2019s malign ambitions to steal American research.\n\nProviding funding for DEA above the FY25 enacted level to curb the flow of China\u2019s illicit export of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors into America.\n\nSafeguards American taxpayer dollars and preserves core functions by:\n\nSupporting the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts to right size the bureaucracy of the federal government by reducing salaries and expenses where appropriate.\n\nCanceling progressive grant programs while maintaining strong support for state and local law enforcement.\n\nDefunding Biden-era executive orders, rules, and memoranda, including ending wasteful DEI initiatives and defunding DEI offices at federal agencies.\n\nReducing spending on reckless climate change efforts.\n\nSupporting OMB\u2019s request to eliminate the DOJ\u2019s Community Relations Service.\n\nChampions State and Local Law Enforcement by:\n\nSupporting the men and women that serve and protect communities across the nation through significant investments in programs to bolster state and local law enforcement efforts.\n\nIncreasing funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring program.\n\nFunding State and Local Law Enforcement Activities at $4,159,898,000, which is $460,896,000 above the FY25 enacted level.\n\nChampions Conservative Priorities by:\n\nSupporting and reinforcing Second Amendment rights by prohibiting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives\u2019 (ATF\u2019s) rules on pistol braces and privately made firearms.\n\nMaintaining longstanding pro-life protections.\n\nCombating human trafficking and child exploitation by supporting strong funding for state and local law enforcement who combat these crimes.\n\nEliminating progressive grant programs that support criminal leniency.\n\nIncreasing transparency by mandating that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interviews be recorded.\n\nProhibiting the censorship of lawful speech or classifying speech as misinformation.\n\nA summary of the bill is available here.\n\nDuring the markup, Committee Republicans also stood with the America First agenda and rejected Democrat amendments that would have:\n\nExpanded taxpayer spending without offsets.\n\nEncroached on Second Amendment rights.\n\nMoved to address issues outside of committee jurisdiction.\n\nHampered efforts to streamline government and reduce bureaucracy.\n\nReinstituted Biden-era policies.\n\nPromoted Biden-era policies that support abortion.\n\nSought to limit immigration enforcement efforts.\n\nRestricted the implementation of the America First agenda.\n\nAdopted Amendments\n\nRogers #1 (Manager\u2019s Amendment) \u2013 Makes technical, bipartisan changes to the bill and report.\n\nThe amendment was adopted by voice vote.\n\nRogers #2 (Republican En Bloc) \u2013 Makes technical changes, safeguards Second Amendment rights, blocks federal rate-setting in broadband deployment, protects U.S. fishermen, supports mass spectrometry technology to combat fentanyl, targets CCP-affiliated forced labor, strengthens enforcement against illicit Chinese vape products, enhances DOJ efforts against transnational crime, disrupts gang activity in prisons, reinforces immigration enforcement, addresses prison repair backlog, backs U.S. medical innovation, and defends U.S. tech firms against discriminatory foreign laws.\n\nThe amendment was adopted by voice vote.\n\nClyde #1 \u2013 Ensures campus safety grants protect all women.\n\nThe amendment was adopted by a vote of 31 to 26.\n\nWasserman Schultz #2 \u2013 Supports NOAA weather work.\n\nThe amendment was adopted by voice vote.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=CF6D2175-9F47-42C9-93F9-CE0B10A2A211"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9538099877536297, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", 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