Betty McCollum: “Mr. Chair, I will be 105. I might be there, but I will not be serving in Congress, I can guarantee that.”

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

We were the first State in 2021 to put together a State task force on it.

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

If the American people are being asked to pay for this war, then they deserve clear answers from President Trump on why he chose to attack Iran.