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Nita Lowey

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Nita M. Lowey was a prominent Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative for New York's 17th congressional district from 1999 until 2021. She was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, a position she held from 2019 to 2021, where she played a crucial role in shaping federal budgetary decisions and funding allocations. Throughout her tenure, Lowey was known for her advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and women's rights, and she worked to secure funding for various programs benefiting her constituents and communities across the nation.

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Dec 11, 2014

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

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Dec 11, 2014

May I ask how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 3 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Kentucky has 4 minutes remaining.

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Dec 3, 2014

I want to thank all of the authors of this bill for your important work, and I appreciate your bringing these issues once again to the attention of my colleagues and to all of those who are watching us this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise in…

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Sep 16, 2014

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), ranking member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee.

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Sep 16, 2014

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a member of the Labor, HHS, and Foreign Operations Subcommittees of Appropriations.

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Sep 16, 2014

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

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Sep 16, 2014

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), the ranking minority member of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee and a senior member of the Defense Subcommittee.

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Sep 16, 2014

While it was my sincere hope that we could have completed action on all 12 appropriation bills before the end of the fiscal year, I understand Chairman Rogers' desire to quickly pass the CR and prevent another disastrous government…

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Aug 1, 2014

To remind the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee that the reason the Senate could not bring a bill to the floor was because not one Republican will allow the procedural vote of cloture to bring it to the floor. Therefore…

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Aug 1, 2014

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the ranking member of the Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee.

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Aug 1, 2014

As we close this debate, I would like to address my remarks to our distinguished chairman with whom I have worked for quite a while, and just once again, I would like to say this bill deserves a ``no'' vote. I look forward to working with…

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Aug 1, 2014

This House majority needs to make up its collective mind. Do they want to provide emergency funding to enable our Federal agencies to respond to the humanitarian crisis on the border? Or do they wish to rewrite current law on immigration…

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