Appropriations Committee and the bills it addressed on Sept. 2

The Appropriations Committee handled H.R.8768 bill on Sept. 2, according to the US Congress.

Bill H.R.8768 titled “Fighting Cancer in Children Act” was referred to the House Committee on Appropriations by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman.

Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.

A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.