Nita Lowey

I am also very troubled that President Trump seems to view foreign assistance as a reward to our friends and its withdrawal as punishment to our enemies.

I do agree with Ranking Member Fortenberry. This is a time where Congress has demonstrated its ability to put partisanship aside.

Mrs. Lowey, we are grateful for your support of our work, and we value your oversight role and your advice here today.

Disinformation, as one tool of Russia's political warfare, is certainly not new.

I support the $20 million for women's business centers.

The mission of the Division is essential to ensuring that all Americans receive equal protection under the law.

I support the $1.15 billion for Federal defenders' services.

The pace of these changes is dizzying and disturbing; many of them undermine the core mission of the Civil Rights Division.

This subcommittee intends to look at the work of the Civil Rights Division very carefully.

I support the $131 million, but I am always eager to see if those dollars can be increased.

I support the $20 million for the community volunteer assistance, income tax assistance.

The attacks on longstanding precedents and effective policies have been unending.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a senior member of the committee and a conferee who worked so hard to put this bill together.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the distinguished chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee.

It will be up to the EPA, not the Department of Defense, what is important for life, health, and safety for our men, women, and families who live on our bases.

To your knowledge, have the North Koreans resumed any nuclear enrichment activities or missile testing since the Vietnam summit?

Millions of lives depend on HUD upholding its mandate of decent, safe, and sanitary housing.

the confidence that landlords no longer have in the Federal Government is a cost of doing business, and not just a cost of doing business, it is a cost of protecting a victim of violence.

It is a matter of political judgment. It is a matter of political priority setting.

But, my friends, let's remember, the Republican tax bill alone will add $1.9 trillion to deficits from 2018 to 2027, and there is no honest reconciliation of the two.

But I am proud that this subcommittee under the leadership of then Chairman, Mario Diaz-Balart, rejected those cuts on a bipartisan basis.

I expect the same will occur this year.

I recently signed onto a bipartisan letter, sponsored by Representatives Costa and LaMalfa, to accelerate development of, and improved decision-making tools at Western Reservoirs.

I request that the Committee fund, one, the WIN Act, in the amount of $134 million; two, Reclamations' Dam Safety Program; and three, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers WOTS program, in the amount of $5.5 million.