Statements

"We look forward to hearing how CENTCOM is postured and resourced to address these and other challenges, and to support the 50,000 U.S. personnel serving in your area of responsibility."

"This package makes historic investments in the middle class and people who are living paycheck to paycheck. They deserve a government that, instead of catering to the wealthy and big corporations, bends over backwards to support them. By providing a 6.7 percent increase for non-defense funding – the largest increase in four years – that is exactly what we are doing."

"The funding in this bill expands child care and early learning programs, it strengthens public schools, it makes college more affordable, and it bolsters job training. It puts people to work rebuilding our crumbling roads, our bridges, our transit systems, water infrastructure. It unlocks the funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and the Jobs Act. And, as I know Members on both sides of the dais appreciate, we are directly investing in all of our districts through Community Project Funding for the first time in 10 years. This bill supports the vulnerable by meeting Americans’ basic needs, by strengthening nutrition assistance, funding more affordable housing, and addressing gender-based violence."