Nita Lowey

Mrs. LOWEY

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), who is the distinguished chairman of the Defense Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley), who is the distinguished chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), a member of the Appropriations Committee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel), a member of the Appropriations Committee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I urge support of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. LOWEY

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 765, I call up the bill (H.R. 1865) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1865.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This domestic priorities and international assistance minibus combines eight appropriations bills: Labor-Health and Human Services- Education, Agriculture, Energy and Water Development, Interior- Environment, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, State-Foreign Operations, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development. The Appropriations Committee is fortunate to have outstanding cardinals, and they have done an extraordinary job negotiating these bills. Because of their hard work, we have secured record funding levels for Head Start, Child Care and Development Block Grants, and title I schools; hundreds of millions of dollars in increases for programs that expand access to housing; $41.7 billion for lifesaving medical research at the NIH, a $2.6 billion increase and a record level; $25 million for gun violence prevention research at the CDC and NIH, which is being funded for the first time in more than 20 years; strong funding for environmental protection, with $9 billion for the EPA, $495 million for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and robust investments in clean energy to address the climate crisis. Turning to my bill, I am proud that the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee reached bipartisan agreement on a robust bill that rejects the short-sighted, dangerous cuts proposed by the Trump administration. Our bill provides $54.7 billion in discretionary funding, which is $467 million above fiscal year 2019 and $11.3 billion above the request. To confront today's global challenges, from poverty to civil war, from climate change to violent extremism, our bill provides strong investments in security, humanitarian, and development assistance; basic education; and global health programs like HIV/AIDS, nutrition, TB, and malaria. It restores the State Department's and USAID's staffing to 2016 levels and increases funding for many of our critical partners, like the National Endowment for Democracy, the Global Fund, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. African Development Foundation. Of critical importance, the bill limits the administration's ability to redirect or deviate from congressionally directed spending levels. Amid all these successes, I must note how disappointing it is that, in these negotiations, President Trump and congressional Republicans refused to relent on their counterproductive assault on women's rights and health programs that provide basic healthcare to women and families here and around the world. Madam Speaker, I joined the Appropriations Committee because it is the best place to give more people a better chance at a better life. With this bill, we have lived up to that promise by making historic investments for the people. I am so proud that we are able to do so much good for children and families across the country and around the world. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the chairwoman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Connecticut.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), the chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the distinguished chairwoman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee.