Betty McCollum: “I find this budget to be completely out of balance with the needs of the American people.”

H.R. 881 is a solution in search of a problem.

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.

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