A top Republican appropriator has called for a delay in picking who will succeed Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) as House Appropriations chair.
In a letter to colleagues, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), who is the chairman of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, lamented the budget process, criticizing the most recent government funding packages that Congress passed last month, as opposed to passing the 12 appropriations bills individually.
“The real problem is that the underlying process to produce the bills is fundamentally flawed,” he wrote.
“This Congress has proven reforms to our appropriations process are needed and cannot be delayed any longer,” he added. “Our well-intentioned goals of passing appropriations bills through regular order and on schedule, while also preventing divisive provisions from finding their way into the bills, have thus far failed.”…
