Live on capitol hill, the House Appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. One of the measures they are working on his defense spending. 694. 6 billion, an increase of 1. 2 billion from 2020. Congressman a nita lowey chairs the committee. I will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee of appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of business is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal. Ear 2021 thank you madam chairwoman. Remarks, igin my reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. He saved the conditiona
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
The section of the bill . The gentleman from hawaii. Mr. Chairman, i have [inaudible] the clerk will distribute the amendment. Without objection the amendment is considered as read. Is the gentlelady having trouble with remarkable . I think the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. What i will be doing is ill be offering the amendment and then withdrawing it because i do not have at the end to come because they do not have the requisite waiver. However come having said that, i would like to present the animate and withdraw it at the conclusion. So 171 seeks basically a specific war memorial at pearl harbor hawaii. Mr. Chair, this is a very unique situation in that there is a rear admiral retired livening of lloyd who served in world war ii as a submarine officer aboard the uss under the command of John S Mccain junior, father of john mccain the third. And he advocated for many years the creation of the pacific war memorial at pearl harbor. In hi
Foy. Conflict zones are not clear cut, and the government of assad is still the governing authority there. While we take every precaution to ensure that no assistance, mind you, no assistance benefits this brutal regime, lines are continually shifting, and we need to make allowances for activities that could touch the government on controlled areas. So i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady has the only time remaining. Ms. Lee i urge a no vote, and i yield back. The chair the gentlelady yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 12, further proceedings will be postponed. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . While commending the chair for a Job Well Done today, i now move that the committ
Foy. Conflict zones are not clear cut, and the government of assad is still the governing authority there. While we take every precaution to ensure that no assistance, mind you, no assistance benefits this brutal regime, lines are continually shifting, and we need to make allowances for activities that could touch the government on controlled areas. So i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady has the only time remaining. Ms. Lee i urge a no vote, and i yield back. The chair the gentlelady yields back. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 12, further proceedings will be postponed. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . While commending the chair for a Job Well Done today, i now move that the committ