Henry Cuellar: “I want to thank my chairwoman, Mrs. Nita Lowey, for all the work that she has been doing, along with the staff…”

“I want to thank my chairwoman, Mrs. Nita Lowey, for all the work that she has been doing, along with the staff-- fantastic work--and, of course, my colleague from Texas, also, Ms. Granger, for her and her staff working together as a team. Madam Speaker, I am speaking on this bill. As you know, anytime you develop a consensus, there are things that we might disagree on, but I just have to say that there are so many good things that I agree with: the work that they did for trade, commerce, education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, border security, the military, and our veterans. Just to highlight a couple of things: $673 million to hire more immigration judges and support staff; $7.5 billion increase for the Census Bureau; $8 million for the fever ticks, which is so important for south Texas; $50 million-plus for the Department of Defense Impact Aid and $20 million for the Department of Defense Impact Aid for Children with Disabilities for our military bases in Texas and across the Nation; $32 million for carbon emissions capture research, technologies, and storage. We are number one in Texas in energy, but we want to make sure that we do it in a safe environmental way; $135 million for Small Business Development Centers to make sure that we emphasize our small businesses; and Title I Grants to our local schools, which got $16.3 billion.…”