Nita Lowey: “USAID makes a profound statement about what our country stands for.”

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…

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.

Today, we continue investing for the people with H.R. 7617. This minibus combines six appropriations bills: Defense, Commerce- Justice-Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor-HHS-Education…

I urge its support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) that the House suspend the rules and pass the joint resolution, H.J…