Mark Amodei: “I thank the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Cole, for his leadership throughout the fiscal year 2025 process and his…”

“I thank the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Cole, for his leadership throughout the fiscal year 2025 process and his support as we continue to take conservative appropriations bills to the floor. I also thank the ranking member of the full committee, Ms. DeLauro, and the ranking member of the subcommittee, Ms. Underwood, who worked with us in good faith on the bill despite some disagreements on policy. I thank them for the opportunity to kick off this appropriations season, if you will, and I am looking forward to getting started here. Lastly, I express my gratitude to the staff on both sides for their tireless efforts. As we all know, without them, this would be a pretty tough thing and a much different thing to do. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”