On the recordSeptember 7, 2017
Again, this amendment is not meant to bring a detraction to the Fulbright Program. Even with the amendment, the Fulbright Program will be funded at more than $200 million to support the initiatives that the opponents to the amendment would cite. Again, I talk about priorities. I talk about the grips of the crisis that we are seeing in this country and our neighbor to the south, Mexico. We need to be working together to address this problem. Programs like the Merida Initiative are key to solving both the crisis in Mexico and the crisis here in the United States. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
