Statements

Chairwoman Lowey Statement at Full Committee Markup of FY 2021 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Funding Bill

July 9, 2020

"This year’s Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill makes critical investments in veterans and military families, reinforces our national security infrastructure, and blocks President Trump from stealing appropriated funds from servicemembers to pay for an ineffective, nativist wall or to backfill projects he already canceled for that purpose."

Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Statement at Full Committee Markup of FY 2021 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Funding Bill

July 9, 2020

"The bill before us demonstrates our commitment to our servicemembers and their families and to our Veterans."

Chairwoman Lowey Statement at Full Committee Markup of FY 2021 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill

July 9, 2020

"The coronavirus pandemic has made it abundantly clear that we must do more to address America’s food security crisis and to strengthen struggling communities that are reeling from the pandemic and ensuing recession. While the Trump administration’s budget would gut critical investments in vulnerable populations and rural communities at a time of great need and uncertainty, this fiscal year 2021 bill would reduce disparities made worse by the pandemic with strong funding and protections to help put nutritious food on people’s tables and to connect more Americans to work, school, health care and family with increased broadband access."

Chairman Bishop Statement at Full Committee Markup of FY 2021 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill

July 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA bill:

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased we are here to consider the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

Chairwoman Lowey Statement at Full Committee Markup of FY 2021 State and Foreign Operations Funding Bill

July 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill:

We will now consider the Fiscal Year 2021 State and Foreign Operations bill.

Having served on the subcommittee for three decades and as either Chairwoman or Ranking Member for two decades, it is bittersweet to mark up this bill for the last time before I retire at the end of this Congress.

Since World War II, long before any of our service here, foreign aid has been a key component of United States foreign policy.