In his signing statement on the Appropriations Act that we just concluded, President Trump asserted that the provisions of this agency's appropriations would be treated, quote, 'in a manner consistent with the requirement to afford equal…

This agency received 34 million dollars in the final fiscal year 2017 Appropriations Act. This is a successful program with locations around the Nation, including in my district, yet the administration seems intent upon destroying it.

NSF's preferred alternative is to collaborate with interested parties for a continued science-focused operation.

I strongly oppose the elimination of these two agencies because it will hurt small businesses, workers, and economically distressed areas.

This budget very foolishly eliminates, in my opinion, vital agencies and zeroes out important programs.

The Department of Commerce is vital in promoting job creation and opportunity for all.

I thank my colleague from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise--and you should listen to this very closely--in support of this bill. I do it because both sides understood the importance of coming together and trying to work on a…

the current status is a problem. We are trying to change it to independent, statehood, something else, associated Republic, not the colonialism that we have now.

I mean I know it is a direct contradiction to Mr. Chairman, who wants it to cost less, but my concern is counting everyone.

we had to delay some tests. But again, our focus was on risk mitigation or minimizing risk.

are you putting in motion anything to attempt to reassure these folks that they should be counted and nothing has changed from the past?

One of the biggest concerns that I have, and so many people have in this country, and it should be everybody's concern, is that some groups never get counted accurately.