WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, issued a statement today upon learning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will not confirm a date to justify its budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee:

“The Department of Health and Human Services requested nearly $70 billion in taxpayer money for Fiscal Year 2015, and I would expect the head of any U.S. Department to justify their budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee. This Administration vowed to be transparent and work with Congress to establish regular order for appropriations bills, and defending their budget request is part of that pledge.”

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