Hal Rogers: “I want to start off this morning thanking Rural Development for all of your efforts in the country and especially in my…”

We have had a so-called skinny budget application, which would not even keep the military up with inflation.

I thank the gentlewoman for the introduction. Mr. Speaker, I want to salute Chairman DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger of the full committee for putting together a final appropriations package for the year. It is a fair compromise that…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time. I rise today in strong support of the continuing resolution. With government funding set to expire on Friday, this legislation is necessary to ensure we avoid a harmful government…

While you are having so much trouble operating abroad, and don't appear to be receiving the necessary support from the administration, how can we be assured that we are making a smart investment in the agency at this time?