Nita Lowey: “As President Trump recently said in Miami, we can see the day ahead when all the people of Latin America will at last be…”

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…

Before I proceed, may I inquire how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I would address my friend from New York. Thank you for expressing the real needs of New York, and I do hope you will vote for this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the majority whip.

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…