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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.
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.
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today approved allocations, known as 302(b)s, for its 12 subcommittees for fiscal year 2021 on a vote of 29 to 21.
The allocations for the 12 subcommittees total $1.298 trillion in discretionary funding, with significant increases allowing investments that help working families. The 302(b) subcommittee allocations are here.
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.