On the recordDecember 21, 2020
Today the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1271, providing for a motion to concur with the Senate amendment to H.R. 133 with a House amendment. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. It provides that the question on adoption of the motion shall be divided for a separate vote on the matter proposed to be inserted as divisions B, C, E, and F. The rule provides that upon adoption of this resolution, the House shall be considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1520 with a House amendment. The rule also provides that the chairs of the Committee on Appropriations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence may insert explanatory materials in the Congressional Record not later than December 28 and authorizes the Clerk to make technical corrections to the bill. Finally, the rule allows for consideration of a possible veto message on the conference report to H.R. 6395 on December 28, 2020. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the bill in this rule. This COVID bill has taken far too long. We started these negotiations before the first day of summer in June, the longest day of the year, and here we are now headed into the darkest day of the year, the first day of winter. I also want to acknowledge the hard work of our Appropriations chair, Nita Lowey, and Ranking Member Granger. But this didn't have to happen.…
