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
Was battling american troops in afghanistan and weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Trump Administrations failure to handle it appropriately. Itsimportant for the public to know this. Ive been involved in four hearings this week alone we dealt with this issue. That doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own so i want to underscore to people listening that they should know that wein congress have taken oversight of this matter very seriously. Party politics and everything inside the one thing if we do nothing else one of the most basic and fundamental duties is to do everything in our power tokeep americans safe. We all went to the Service Members whose lives were lost in afghanistan. We owing to their families. We to every member of our military, to every american serving abroad puts their life on the line every day in service to our country. On tuesday the subcommittee heard from former us officials and experts on the kremlins networ
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