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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
This committee gives us all not only an intimate look into the operations of government, but in doing so it develops friendships among the committee members.
I first met Chairman Aderholt on a Mil Con codel to Bosnia and I like to think we bonded over that trip. His wife was pregnant at the time and now their daughter is a young woman.
I think all of us have had such bonding moments. That Mil Con codel was headed up by Dave Hobson. He and I remain good friends.
I thank Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Farr, and Chairman Rogers for their work on this bill.
Today, the Committee will mark up its second and third bill of the year. Meanwhile, after Republican Leadership maintained that the budget and appropriations process would return to regular order and adhere to last year’s bipartisan agreement, the House has not passed a budget, and it’s almost certain we never will.
2017 mark: $21.3 billion
2017 request: $21.6 billion
2016 enacted: $21.75 billion
The Chairman’s mark provides:
2017 mark: $37.444 billion
2017 budget request: $37.185 billion
2016 enacted: $37.276 billion
The Chairman’s mark provides:
WASHINGTON - 394 Members of Congress signed a bipartisan letter urging President Obama to veto possible upcoming one-sided initiatives in the United Nations concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2017 mark: $81.6 billion (including OCO)
2017 OCO: $172 million
2016 Enacted: $79.9 billion
2016 OCO: $0
President's Request: $82.8 billion (including OCO)
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: $5.6 billion, which is $120 million less than the President’s budget request, is provided for Military Construction programs.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s efforts to halt the spread of the Zika virus domestically and internationally:
Thank you, Chairman Dent, Ranking Member Bishop, and Chairman Rogers for your work on this bill.
Mr. Chairman, before I turn to the Military Construction-VA bill, I must note that for months, we have heard commitments from Republican leadership that the budget and appropriations process will return to regular order and adhere to the bipartisan agreement enacted in late 2015. Yet at our first markup, the House still has not passed a budget, the smart money says we never will, and the Speaker is threatening to keep appropriations bills off the floor unless a budget is passed.
Thank you for yielding Mr. Chairman.
From your first day as Chairman, you have set a cooperative tone and I want to thank you for continuing to be inclusive as we work through this process. I believe the Chairman has worked very hard with very limited time to get to this point. I am pleased with several aspects of the bill.