Nita Lowey: “I do hope we can move ahead on a serious budget and roll back the sequester, which is causing such damage.”

This minibus combines four bills: State and Foreign Operations; Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA; Interior, Environment; and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. The package is the product of months of thoughtful deliberation and…

I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my friend, the distinguished chair of the subcommittee that does so much good work here.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No. 1…

This package of appropriations bills will help make our Nations stronger at home and respected again in the world. Together, we can bolster food security, combat climate change, protect our environment, aid the world's most vulnerable…