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WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 302(b) subcommittee allocations:
Our first order of business is to consider the subcommittee allocations for fiscal year 2021, also known as the "302(b)'s."
The allocations I am offering today are consistent with the levels agreed to last year in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 for fiscal year 2021—notably, the last year of the Budget Control Act.
The allocations before you do not include additional spending permitted under current law for emergency requirements, disaster relief, and wildfire fighting, among others.
Among those adjustments will be $12.5 billion in critical funding for our nation's veterans.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill:
I thank everyone for attending today's subcommittee markup and for your contributions to this bill.
This legislation recognizes the complex challenges the members of our Armed Forces and intelligence community face every day throughout the world, and it aims to ensure that they are able to continue to meet these challenges and complete their missions to the best of their abilities with providing funding for the equipment they need to perform their missions effectively and as safely as possible.