Nita Lowey

I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my friend, the distinguished chair of the subcommittee that does so much good work here.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the dynamic chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services.

If the $3 million cut you have proposed were to take place, programs like this would disappear

We came together on a bipartisan basis in this Congress to authorize the Full-Service Community School program in 2015 because we know its value in the districts.

I think that they are so critical to bringing together health, social support, family-community engagement, early childhood development opportunities to really help students and their families thrive.

The Department of Education's mission is to promote student achievement...your budget is clearly on a different mission.

You propose eliminating 41 programs, cutting education funding overall by $6.2 billion.

Without fail, your vision hurts our students and their families.

With all due respect, the administration chose to make these cuts. This wasn't a tough choice; it was the wrong choice.

This is an epidemic. You know, I speak to my grandkids, sixth grade, fifth grade, it is unbelievable what is going on out there.

Frankly, we need more resources to combat this epidemic not less.

But after speaking to his political advisers, he turned his back on public health for political gain.

We really do need these answers right away, but I would like to turn to another matter on--which is impacting public health.

Despite urgent warnings from Congress and the public health community, it has taken weeks for the Trump administration to request these emergency funds.

As long as I have been part of this subcommittee, we have had bipartisan agreement that foreign assistance is critical to our national security and to maintaining America's leadership role in the world.

Let me be clear. Our Nation's security cannot afford a budget that does not adequately fund our diplomatic and development programs or lifesaving humanitarian assistance.

These kinds of mailers are dangerous, predatory, and exacerbate concerns with undercounting.

It is also my job to ensure that you are addressing public corruption in the Northern Triangle.

I am not going to vote for a bill that comes before me that does not include the poor working people that I represent.

It does not make sense, in my judgment, to hold USTDA's ability to provide such results which achieves strategic foreign assistance objectives and, indeed, put America first

The proposed shutdown of the U.S. Trade Development Agency is one example of the lack of understanding by the administration

The administration has once again signaled its ill-advised and irresponsible approach to foreign affairs by proposing a nearly 20 percent cut to foreign assistance

I am still waiting for that assessment.

The administration cannot be successful in these initiatives if we under or defund the basics, which is exactly what the proposed 20 percent cut to our foreign assistance programs would do.

Despite significant progress on our development priorities, we are currently off track to meet the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.