No more House committee travel to be approved this year, $1.8-million allocated for 14 studies

House Leader Bardish Chagger says no instruction was given to freeze travel funding, while the Liaison Committee chair's office says it needs to get a bigger picture of priority studies to come.

The House Liaison Committee expressed concerns about the current process of approving committee travel budgets on an 'ad hoc' basis, without having a bigger picture of possible time-sensitive study requests, and it wants to see the big picture before approving any more travel costs. The Hill Times Photo by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

October 3, 2016

A number of House committees are travelling across the country, but the House Liaison Committee—the committee in charge of approving House committee budgets—recently advised House committee chairs to cool their jets until the new year, after racking up $1.8-million in travel costs. On Sept. 2...

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