Nita Lowey

The comments of a single individual should not be an excuse to eliminate funding for an entire institution. My understanding is that individual has already offered her resignation. The United States Institute of Peace is one of the best…

I thank my good friend, who has certainly worked with many women, and women who focus on the needs of women around the world, and I thank her very much for this very important amendment, and that is why I am rising in support of my…

I want to express my appreciation to my colleague who is always there to speak out against injustice and to help respond to the tremendous challenges we have. I was as shocked as the gentleman had been, frankly, on the recent actions in…

There is bipartisan consensus that our foreign assistance should be as effective and efficient as possible. That is why I am deeply concerned that several amendments offered by myself and my colleagues to address the destructive policies…

I appreciate my colleague's effort to boost funding for a successful assistance program such as the Merida Initiative. The flow of drugs into the United States is a serious concern and more emphasis should be put on both the demand and…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 92 Offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia The…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), a member of the Appropriations Committee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green).

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), who we know was struggling with her fellow Texans and trying to be as helpful as she could during this horrible, horrible disaster. {time} 1045

I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Roybal-Allard), a very distinguished ranking member from the Homeland Security Subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee.

Before I yield to our next speaker, I would just thank Mr. Culberson. I just want to thank you, Mr. Culberson, because, of course, we are all totally supportive of this aid package, but I remember that you were the only Member from the…

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green).

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 426.

I wish we were considering bills under regular order, but I hope that in the weeks ahead we can work together to raise the budget caps and enact bipartisan bills we can all support. I thank Chairman Frelinghuysen, my friend; and Kay…

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green).

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar).

I am pleased to yield 6 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).

I, too, want to thank my very good friends, Chairman Ed Royce, Ranking Member Eliot Engel, my fellow New Yorker, and the strong advocate, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. I want to thank them for advancing this very important resolution. I rise in…

I am pleased to yield 6 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Roybal-Allard) who is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security.

In closing, I want to reiterate that this bill is a departure from regular order, wastes $1.6 billion on Trump's border wall, uses fraudulent defense numbers, guts critical investments in clean energy, includes poison-pill riders, leaves…

I am delighted to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Washington (Mr. Kilmer), the distinguished vice ranking member of the committee.

I am delighted to yield 6 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.

I think I closed prematurely without thanking you for your leadership. It has been really a pleasure working with you. I do hope that as we move the process forward, we will be able to have a final product that we can all be very proud of…

it is cruel. It is inhumane, and it is heartless. A $9.2 billion cut to education.