Grace Meng: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will…”

On the recordMay 1, 2019

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: (9) The Paris Agreement recognizes ``the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 329, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Meng) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.

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Grace Meng

Democratic · New York

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May 1, 2019

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