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HASC Chair Urges White House Again To Deliver Budget By Mid-May, Doubts Congress Will Forgo August Recess

HASC Chair Urges White House Again To Deliver Budget By Mid-May, Doubts Congress Will Forgo August Recess
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday once again urged the White House to deliver its budget by mid-May, adding he doubts Congress will suspend its August recess in order to get a delayed appropriations process completed by the end of the fiscal year. “If we don’t get the budget by a certain timeframe we can’t mark up the appropriations bills and the defense [policy] bill. If we slip past the middle of May, my staff tells…

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