Nita Lowey: “if the $3 million cut you have proposed were to take place, programs like this would disappear”

I claim time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

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.

I want to thank my colleagues for supporting this stopgap measure to avoid a government shutdown as we finish our critical work to fund government and respond to the COVID pandemic. As my time in Congress nears a close, I must briefly…