Grace Meng: “With 95 percent of all consumers living outside the U.S., trade is critical to small businesses.”

As mentioned before, our participation is in the United States' interest. I oppose this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Meng of New York moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1968 to the Committee on Appropriations. The…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your leadership in responding to violent crime, and specifically, hate crimes in the United States in the last several years.