Jun 14, 2016
Using OCO for base funds detracts from the true purpose of OCO, which is to fund wartime efforts. This prevents our Armed Forces from using these funds to counter ISIL and other threats. A great deal of good elsewhere in the bill is…
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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Jun 14, 2016
With only the fourth appropriations bill of the year on the floor, we should not be patting ourselves on the back. Today's bill blows up last year's budget agreement through a gimmick that needlessly creates a funding cliff next spring. It…
Jun 9, 2016
I thank Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz. And I thank Chairman Graves and Chairman Rogers. It is a pleasure for me to work here with all of them. However, in the fiscal year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill, the House majority…
May 26, 2016
Before I make my statement, I just want to respond to our distinguished chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Has the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations introduced…
May 26, 2016
As my colleague knows, I have great respect for the distinguished chairman of the Labor-HHS Subcommittee, for which we don't even have a number right now, so we don't know how much we have to spend. But I also would like to respond to your…
May 25, 2016
The bill requires TSA to follow the same workplace rules as the majority of agencies in the Federal Government.
May 24, 2016
Before I begin, I would like to thank Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Kaptur, and Chairman Rogers for their work on the bill. The energy and water bill is the second bill we will consider on the floor this year. Over and over again, the…
May 18, 2016
I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a distinguished member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget.
May 18, 2016
May I ask how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Kentucky has 4 minutes remaining.
May 18, 2016
The Republican Zika bill provides $622 million, about one-third of the $1.9 billion requested. The bill also steals more Ebola funding as an offset instead of replenishing what was already redirected to Zika. We don't offset spending to…
May 18, 2016
In February, the World Health Organization declared Zika a public health emergency of international concern, and the President called for $1.9 billion to respond to the impending crisis to prevent the spread in our very own communities…
May 18, 2016
As summer approaches, the CDC confirmed 1,204 cases, including more than 100 pregnant women in the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories as of May 11. So far all of the continental U.S. cases are associated…
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