We are going to call the legislative branch of the Committee Fiscal Year 2021, subcommittee mark up to order. Welcome to our subcommittees markup. I very much appreciate the hard work and attitude of all the subCommittee Members and particularly the contributions and cooperation of our Ranking Member, mr. Butler. Thank you for being so great to work with. There are lots of needs and good causes within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee. We have tried to take care of the highest priorities throughout the bill with the amounts available to us. Fundamentally, and the bill provides increases to support staffing and other resources needed by congress to do its job well, to maintain and build analytic capacity in the legislative branch. For example, the bill provides a 25 Million Dollar increase for the members representational allowance, which covers staff, District Office space and other necessities. I also believe this funding is sufficient to address our new normal as members move to h
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
Item f. Public comment, i dont see any. Consent calendar. Motion and a second on the consent calendar. So moved. Thank you. Any items withdrawn . President fewer there is one correction this evening, 2 a, 14422 b1, award grant number four on page 23 of your agenda. And the amount of money has changed from 120,000 to 478,884. 90. And the amount is including benefits over a threeyear period. Could i ask you a question. Okay, so the term, i asked a question about this, is the term of this actually three years and not one year . Yes. So initially, it was thought that it was a oneyear contract and the benefits were not included in that initial figure, but it is actually over a three year period. So, is the compensation and benefits 438 . Or is it the compensation, still 120 . It is the compensation and benefits. Okay. Thanks. Any items removed for the First Reading for the board. Okay. Any items severed by the board for discussion and vote . Commissioner wynns . Thank you. I would like to s
We look to ward to having a good orientation before we excite in june and we will take any questions. Thank you. The board thank you. Comments . Or questions . Appreciations . Yes. I just really want to acknowledge the stake holders who made this possible way back when, when the people were talking about 198 tax and there are a lot of nay sayers and a lot of people in this room and in the community had to articulate why it was so important that this parcel tax goes through in support of our classrooms and our schools, and so i really want to thank, all of the stake holders, i want to thank, the tax payers, and most of all i want to thank the Oversight Committee because this is not glamorous work when you are meeting every other month for long hours and hearing presentations and really providing the oversight that is needed for this kind of public fund and so i just want to thank you very much. Any other comments or questions . None, seeing none, thank you miss parker and, thank you eve
Could i ask you a question. Okay, so the term, i asked a question about this, is the term of this actually three years and not one year . Yes. So initially, it was thought that it was a oneyear contract and the benefits were not included in that initial figure, but it is actually over a three year period. So, is the compensation and benefits 438 . Or is it the compensation, still 120 . It is the compensation and benefits. Okay. Thanks. Any items removed for the First Reading for the board. Okay. Any items severed by the board for discussion and vote . Commissioner wynns . Thank you. I would like to sever w16 and w17. On page 50 and 51. Roll call vote will take place under section o. H, none tonight. I, none tonight. Requests to speak regarding general matters. So we have many speakers signed up this evening. As i call your name, please come to the podium. And lets see, Jennifer Green, alex, thompson, and margery miles, racel and hope williams and christie feori and lindon hill and davi