Nita Lowey: “the NIH spending is being cut by 5 percent.”

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 very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, a member of my class in the Congress.

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mrs. Lowey moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the title of H.R. 925 and that the House…

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.