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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.
I want to make it clear that most of the opioids, the drugs, are coming through the ports of entry. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the ranking member of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food…
I am pleased to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the Transportation, House and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano), the ranking member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), a member of the Appropriations Committee.
I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the ranking member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished ranking member of the Labor-HHS Subcommittee. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report which includes the…
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the ranking member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Committee. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairman Frelinghuysen for…
I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee.
Woman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree), a member of the Appropriations Committee.
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the distinguished ranking member of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
We should be making investments that protect our communities and make it easier for working families to get ahead. This bill falls far short of those goals. It shows the majority is not serious about enacting spending bills on time and is…
Intelligence officials continue to warn that our State-based electoral system is a target for foreign meddling and cyber attacking.
We write to express strong support for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), and to respectfully request that the EAC receive $14 million.
At the outset, I, too, want to thank Chairwoman Granger, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and Mr. Visclosky for the coordinated, collegial approach in producing this very outstanding bill. Of course, the entire staff on both sides of the aisle, I thank…
I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), the ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.
It is outrageous that we are beginning this appropriations season by debating President Trump's rescissions bill, which fails the American people, hurts children and families, and injects needless partisanship into Congress' important…
Instead of rubber-stamping President Trump's rescissions package, Congress should conduct rigorous oversight to determine why the Trump-Pence administration has not spent these funds, even as they misspend tax dollars on first-class…
I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider) for working with me on this very important amendment. Indian Point Energy Center, in my district, is scheduled to cease operations in 2021. When the plant closes, the village of Buchanan…
Last year I expressed my frustration that your budget would leave more Americans hungry and increase hunger and insecurity around the world.
Our Nation still grieves the loss of a great New Yorker, Louise Slaughter. I will never forget when Louise and I, still just junior Congresswomen at the time, charged up the steps of the U.S. Senate to demand that Anita Hill be allowed to…
I think the Administration's idea that these were possibly duplicative, I think the real issue that I would want to emphasize today is that we would ask that if money is restored for this that it be in the form of allowing American…
Because of McGovern-Dole, the World Food Program estimates enrollment of girls in school in Pakistan has increased 135 percent.
You have heard from Secretary Mattis regarding if we do away with food, then we need more bullets.
I would not want to have to depend upon a box of nonperishable for feeding my family.
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