Betty McCollum: “I rise in support of the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State…”

The President is now reportedly seeking $200 billion in supplemental funding from Congress for his war--an astounding amount that far surpasses the costs of the war that have been reported during the past four weeks.

I will not write blank checks to the Department of Defense.

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

For America to be engaged in large scale conflict overseas for nearly a month--with no clarity for Congress or the American public about why--is shocking, unacceptable, and unprecedented in our history.