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Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 23, 2018

This Committee should do more to help Americans struggling to make ends meet and put a roof over their heads, not waste taxpayer dollars on Trump’s boondoggle of a wall or let the Secretary of Transportation hire more political cronies.

Subcommittees

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Price statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 16, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by thanking you for your efforts to accommodate the requests of Democratic members. You continue to be accessible and receptive to many of our priorities and it continues to be a pleasure to work with you.

As you have already stated, this year's allocation is $71.8 billion for critical transportation, housing, and community development programs at DOT, HUD, and related agencies. This is $1.5 billion over last year's enacted level.

Lowey statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 16, 2018

Unfortunately, the majority has chosen to include harmful policy riders that have repeatedly been stripped from previous bills. Provisions to increase truck weights and preempt state and local meal and rest break laws make our roads less safe and have no place in an appropriations bill.

Subcommittees

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Bishop statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

May 16, 2018

I would be remiss if I didn’t say that it will be unconscionable for any of us to help pass spending bills that shift burdens onto working families and the most vulnerable among us. Agreeing to subcommittee allocations bill by bill puts us at a great danger of doing just that.

Subcommittees

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

May 16, 2018

The bill also fails to meet the growing needs of the FDA, which regulates more than $2.4 trillion worth of products consumed by Americans, including foods, drugs, medical devices, and tobacco.

Subcommittees

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Kaptur statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

May 16, 2018

The bill again includes several unnecessary and controversial policy riders, including a new version related to the Waters of the United States, ag exemptions from the Clean Water Act, more meddling in California water issues, prohibiting implementation of a National Ocean Policy, and new language legislating an ongoing court case. These riders make moving our bill in a bipartisan manner difficult and I strongly object to their inclusion.

Subcommittees

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

May 16, 2018

Unfortunately, despite a healthy allocation the Majority has gone out of its way to cut Democratic priorities and add poison pill riders, a step backward from the omnibus. DOE initiatives that drive innovation and safeguard our national security, such as energy efficiency and renewable energy, nuclear nonproliferation, and ARPA-E are cut from the 2018 enacted level.

Subcommittees

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

McCollum statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 15, 2018

Unfortunately, once again the majority proposes to slash the EPA. Even though the proposed reduction is far more restrained than in past years, a $100 million cut is untenable. The cuts target air and water quality programs, and reduce funding to enforce against polluters.

Subcommittees

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Lowey statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 15, 2018

This is certainly not a bill the Democrats would write, and because of the policy riders and cuts that could jeopardize public health for future generations, we cannot support this bill.

Subcommittees

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (115th Congress)

Lowey, Pelosi Send Letter to Speaker Ryan Urging No Vote on Rescissions Bill Until GAO Report

May 11, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Nita Lowey, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member, and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan in response to Republicans' proposed rescissions package that eliminates billions of dollars from the Children's Health Insurance Program.