Betty McCollum: “the U.S. Pacific Command budget request makes it clear that U.S. military readiness and Japan will play a vital role in…”

This is crazy. And Ms. Pingree and I, with the chair, we worked on the Bug School.

I rise in support of the FY2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act.

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

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.