José E. Serrano

NASA has support from this committee, as our mark showed, as our bill showed.

we appreciate and we hope you continue to focus on that and focus on all the states and territories

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of this bill, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act. Mr. Chair, I want to start by congratulating my good friend and colleague, Chairman Mike Quigley…

We are now in the midst of a humanitarian crisis at the border created by the policies of the Trump administration. Like many of my colleagues, I have been shocked by the conditions at our border stations and the lack of basic services and…

Jose Serrano called it a nonexistent border crisis.

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Chair, I recognize what my friends from Maine are attempting to do to help an important industry in their State, but I must oppose them in favor of supporting the critically…

I rise as the designee of Chairwoman Lowey, and I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of this amendment. The Commerce Department has not answered basic questions related to the purpose behind its sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

The amendment, if adopted, would pose serious risks to our economic and national security. It would undermine our efforts to help create jobs, address the deadly opioid crisis, and increase critical scientific research and legal services…

The gentleman is correct: There is a campaign of fear, but it is not by what we are doing here. It is what Wilbur Ross wanted to do. The Constitution is clear. Count all the people: not the Whites, not the Blacks, not the Hispanics, not…

The amendments included in the en bloc were made in order by the rule. I support the amendment and urge its adoption. I reserve the balance of my time.

I urge adoption of the amendments en bloc. I yield back the balance of my time.

The inclusion of the citizenship question was a unilateral decision by Secretary Ross last year. Secretary Ross chose to overrule recommendations from nonpartisan experts at the Census Bureau and ignore the potential impacts, including…

I support the amendment and urge its adoption. I hope everyone votes for it, and I yield back the balance of my time

My primary objection with the gentleman's amendment is with the offset. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, is not very well known by the American people, but it is quite important. The NTIA is critical…

I commend the gentleman and his cosponsors on this amendment, highlighting July 20, 1969, the 50th anniversary of the United States landing a man on the Moon. I have no opposition to the amendment. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman…

As the chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, I would like to talk about the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science bill, which is contained in division A of the minibus. The budget proposed by…

Woman, I rise in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

The amendments included in the en bloc were made in order by the rule and have been agreed to by both sides. I support the amendments and urge its adoption. I reserve the balance of my time.

May I inquire how much time the other side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has the only time remaining.

Very briefly, in closing, we get folks on the floor who tell us how much money we have to cut from the budget, from the appropriations, but they really never take time to ask their constituents how they feel about new roads, about hospital…

Students and educators deserve to go to school every day in safe and welcoming buildings.

This legislation is modeled closely after past successful bills that have established new museums.

It is very troublesome to see a Justice Department against the law of the land...