Hal Rogers: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding the time. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. I want to congratulate…”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding the time. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. I want to congratulate and thank Chairman Wolf and Mr. Fattah, the ranking member, especially, and all the members of the subcommittee and staff for bringing us a bill that I think we can be proud of and support entirely. This is the third of the 12 appropriations bills that make up our work--and this is the third that we have brought to the floor this year. I think this bill, like the other two that passed, deserves our support. We are moving at a very fast clip in the committee. That should allow us to complete our appropriations work for the 2015 fiscal year on time. I promise that my committee will do everything it can to make that a reality. As Chairman Wolf has said, the bill provides $51.2 billion for the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and related agencies. This very thorough piece of legislation, which was approved by the committee on a bipartisan basis, makes clear our priorities of keeping our Nation safe and growing our economy. To achieve these goals, the committee has targeted precious tax dollars toward those programs with proven results and economic benefit. For example, they increase the funding for the Department of Justice by $383 million over last year. Within that total, the bill targets FBI funding toward counterterrorism programs and programs that fight cyber intrusion, gangs, and human trafficking.…”