Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
As Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Boyle is leading the fight for budget priorities that reflect the values of working families across the country. To learn more about the work of Budget Committee Democrats, visit the committee website.
For additional information concerning work and views related to Budget and Fiscal Responsibility, please contact my office.
More on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Washington, DC– Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) today called for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Daniel Ashe to end its “Pay-to-Play” Endangered Species Act (ESA) permitting scheme. Through this controversial and dangerous practice, FWS advises people or organizations to pay as little as $500 to unvetted—and often foreign—entities in exchange for FWS permits to engage in activities that harm or kill animals in ways prohibited by the ESA.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) released the following statement today regarding the Britain referendum on EU membership and participation:
Washington, D.C. – Congressmen Brendan F. Boyle (D/PA-13),Patrick Meehan (R/PA-07) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R/PA-08) today secured a commitment from the chairman of the House’s defense spending panel to work with the lawmakers and the state of Pennsylvania to address the need for health screenings in communities surrounding the former Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base at Willow Grove and the former Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster.
Washington, D.C. – Pennsylvania lawmakers yesterday urged the Department of the Navy to provide health screenings and water filtration systems for residents of Horsham, Montgomery County and Warminster, Bucks County affected by the presences of PFOA and PFOS chemical compounds in drinking water. The compounds have been detected in public and private wells in communities surrounding the former Naval Air Warfare Center in Warminster and the former Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove in Horsham.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) voted with many colleagues in the House to adopt, by a vote of 316 to 113, the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill. This measure funds the government until October 2016.
Washington, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13) joined dozens of national elected, community, labor and faith leaders for a National Day of Action for Puerto Rico to urge Congress to pass legislation addressing the growing fiscal and humanitarian crisis. The Congressman is pleased to partner with Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez to highlight this very important issue. Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez lead a coalition from Pennsylvania to join in the call for action.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) issued the following joint statement regarding the 2015 Fall Somos Conference, which they are attending in San Juan, Puerto Rico:
"Puerto Rico's economic and financial challenges did not occur overnight and they won't be solved immediately. However, it is important we work together to develop solutions in the short term that prevent the situation from deteriorating further, while outlining strategies that can put the island on a longer term path to prosperity.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) have joined together to introduce the Fairness for Victims of Crime Act into the House.
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R.22, the DRIVE Act, a bipartisan bill providing $325 billion to reauthorize federal-aid highway and transit programs for six years.
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — Two days before the end of his quarter-century in Congress, Speaker John A. Boehner's barn is looking pretty clean.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a crucial bipartisan budget accord that in one relatively tight 144-page bill stands to end five years of bitter clashes between Republicans and the Obama administration over fiscal policy, allowing Mr. Boehner to fulfill his metaphorical pledge.