Lowey Statement on Supplemental Appropriations Request

July 8, 2014
Press Release
Lowey Statement on Supplemental Appropriations Request

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Obama’s request for emergency supplemental appropriations:

 

“The influx of unaccompanied minors across the southern border is a complex humanitarian crisis that requires thoughtful and bipartisan solutions – not the political posturing and blame games that have done nothing to prevent and respond to these serious challenges.

“I look forward to evaluating how this request for supplemental appropriations would stem the flow of migrants, protect children, expedite judicial proceedings, and help reduce the violence in Central American countries that is the root cause for much of this migration.

“The emergency we now face is only the latest evidence of the need for comprehensive immigration reform that bolsters border security, grows the economy, and offers an earned path to citizenship to those law-abiding immigrants who have made a life in the United States.”

113th Congress