Preparations committee worked on 2021 spending today, earlier they debated interior and Environmental Department spending which included several amendments, your congresswoman chairs the committee. Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. And before we begin, they require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. Been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, it borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee f
Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
Friend who is a very valuable member of our committee. And all others, again, someone whos always 202 5853882. Thoughtful, always helpful, always works in a bipartisan manner. You saw it on this floor yesterday when he and chairman we will begin with the culberson delivered their bill headlines. In a very bipartisan and very this is the front page of the professional manner. He does the same thing in our Financial Times. Committee. I just want to thank my friend and reserve the balance of my the u. S. Economy came near to time. The chair the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. Stalling in the first quarter. The gentlelady from florida is recognized. Ms. Wasserman schultz madam chair, at this time i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady from florida yields back the balance of her time. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole i yield myself such time as i may consume. The chair without objection. Mr. Cole once again thank my friend, my working partner in t
That we are considering tonight, now would encourage the remaining states to work on passing and enacting similar legislation. This will bill creates treatment programs administered by the department of health and Human Services with states that meet certain requirements that are in the bill. Food allergies affect 9. 9 million children. This legislation is especially important because 25 of individuals who are injected with an epipen dont know they have allergies that warrant the use of epinephrine. No student experiencing a severe allergy reooks should lose their life because there was no medicine present signed to them. The passage of this bill will save lives of countless students across our great country who live with severe allergies. I commend the bills author, my steny from maryland, hoyer, who has worked on this legislation for three years and for congressman phil roe for their bipartisan work. At this time, if its appropriate, i would like to yield such time as he may consume