U.S. HOUSE PASSES LAST FOUR OF TWELVE FISCAL YEAR 2026 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS TO PREVENT ANOTHER SHUTDOWN AND REJECT EXTREME FUNDING CUTS

Washington, Jan. 22 -- Congressman Ed Case issued the following press release:

U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the key House Committee on Appropriations, responsible for all federal discretionary funding, today supported House passage of three of the four final annual appropriations bills for the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (commencing October 1, 2026) but opposed the fourth.

The first measure which Case voted for included three of twelve annual appropriations measures:

The first bill includes $839 billion to fund the Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. Case's Subcommittee on Defense is responsible for developing th...