Transcripts For CSPAN House Rules Debate On Spending Deal 20

Obviously anything you have in writing, you can enter for the record. We welcome you, we congratulate you and miss granger for bringing all of this together and all of the appropriators, and we will begin with you. I thank you for your congratulations but you have a great team. I will accept the congratulations on behalf of all of my colleagues and all their staff who brought us to this day. I know you are all eager to support this great product. Mr. Chairman those raise funding for Critical National priorities. I am particularly proud we have fully funded a fair and accurate to0 census, provided money states to secure their elections, and appropriated 25 million for gun violence prevention research. These are just a few of the highlights of these bills and our cardinals will provide details on many more examples of investments that will strengthen our nation. Of critical importance, the bill limits the administrations deviateto redirect or from congressionally directed spending levels. Mr. Chairman, the appropriations with one of charged congresss most awesome responsibilities, the power of the purse. I am proud we have used that power to make investments that will give every american a better chance at a better life. Forquest inappropriate rule Floor Consideration of these packages. , state to my bill foreign operations, i am proud we have reached bipartisan agreement on a robust bill that rejects the shortsighted cuts proposed by the Trump Administration. 54. 7 billion in iscretionary funding, which 2019 andion above fy 11. 3 billion above the request. To confront todays global challenges from poverty to civil war, Climate Change to violent extremism, our bill provides strong investments in security, humanitarian, and develop it assistance, basic education, Global Health programs, nutrition, db, and malaria. Last yearstinues isel of 6. 1 billion, which 659 million more than the request. It also restores the state department and u. S. State staffing to 2016 levels and increases funding for many of our critical partners like the National Endowment for democracy, the global fund, the u. S. Institute of peace, the interamerican foundation, and the u. S. African development foundation. , the extraneous matter carried in the appropriations bill i do not think i have to do that now, i mixed my pages up i am you forng and i thank your consideration and im very happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much. Ranking member granger . Members of the committee, i thank you for allowing me to testify on the appropriations packages for 2020. I wish we had been able to pass all of these bills by the beginning of the fiscal year but im glad to be here today. I have to take a moment to thank my friend and my Committee Chair for her efforts. ,hough we do not always agree she is respectful of other opinions and works in good faith. I also want to thank our Ranking Members for their hard work and leadership this year. There is a lot in these packages and is worthy of our support, but neither side can win on every issue with agreements like this, so agreements like this are reached. The bills before us today will fund the government for the fiscal year, ensuring our military men and women in particular have the resources they need. It also will prevent further continuing resolutions or a government shutdown, both of which wouldve had negative impacts on our government and our national defense. I look forward to bringing these bills to the house floor tomorrow, sending them to the senate, and getting them to the president s desk before funding runs out on friday. I will answer any questions you may have. Thank you very much. Mr. Rogers . Thank you for letting us come here and plead our case. I will talk a minute about the state and foreign operations division. This is a good bill. It is fair. It sticks to the terms of the budget agreement. The chair and i may differ on some issues, but we represent the priorities of congress and support of our National Security. In Foreign Military financing for israel, continued support for allies and partners, including egypt, jordan, countries facing russian aggression. In our own hemisphere, the bill prioritizes funding for latin america as the region continues to face instability from the crisis in venezuela. To address the growing threat of. Hina poses to our security the bill provides robust funding for the u. S. And a pacific strategy. It also fully funds the request for the Development Finance corporation, including 150 million on a new Equity Financing tool to help counter harmful chinese diplomacy. I would also like to note that even though the funding allocation for state and foreign operations is below the levels in both the house and the senate bills, i am pleased that many bipartisan house priorities were protected. This includes increases for Global Health, and for the first time in eight years, and increase for International Basic education programs. Mr. Chairman, i hope the committee will report out a rule that allows for consideration of this bill in a timely manner so we can complete our work for fiscal year 2020 on behalf of the american people. Thank you very much. You members of this distinguished committee. The energy and Water Division of this bill makes critical investments in energy and Water Systems to sustain life on earth, to combat Climate Change, to build public Water Infrastructure and invest in nuclear security. I would like to thank our ranking i want to thank our partners in this effort. President sects the shortsighted proposed cuts that would harm our nations interests for today and tomorrow. Instead, our bill increases investments to meet serious national priorities, addressing the needs of the future economically and environmentally requires that our nation be at the forefront of global innovation. The energy and water portion of this bill moves our nation forward on that front. American Companies Require advanced means to produce and ship goods efficiently in a highly competitive and uneven global marketplace and we seek to advantage them. Finally, ensuring water and electricity for millions of americans seems fundamental but there are new challenges. We provide a bit additional wrist port we provide Additional Support for those priorities. We provide 6. 5 billion dollars engineers. Y corps of point 66 billion for the bureau of reclamation, 110 Million Dollars above 2019, providing 38. 6 billion for the department of energy, two point 9 billion above 2019 will stop within the department of energy, we fund our Nations Nuclear deterrence while providing a significant boost for vital nonproliferation efforts. Our bill increases the department of Energy Renewable energy programs, the advanced Research Project agency and the office of science to sharpen americas ability to advance the future and ensure energy leadership, security, and independence generations to come. The energy and Water Division of this bill invest in innovative programs to yield. Underpin National Security and we bolster Economic Security and trade. Our Work Together prepares our country to mitigate, adapt, and intelligently manage the awesome challenges of Climate Change such as the significant water events across our country including in our great lakes region. We want to move america forward. We are living in a digital era and i look forward to answering any questions you have, thank you. Thank you for allowing us to testify today on the energy and water appropriations bill. I would like to thank chairman capture and are colleagues in the senate for another cooperative and successful conference process. I and granger in their support in this effort. There are many members who wish to testify so i will be brief. The bill fully funds the modernization of our Nuclear Weapons systems. It exceed the annual target for funding for Harbor Maintenance and establishes a new advanced Nuclear Reactor Demonstration Program to move toward commercialization for the neck generation of carbon for Nuclear Energy technologies here and globe. I am pleased to support this bill and i agree with the remarks thank you. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity and i want to thank mr. Calvert and the assembly of transparent. It was bipartisan. There is a large amount of money in the defense appropriations bill. There were 4. 6 billion dollars below the administration request. Our bill has 1. 8 billion for Natural Disaster and includes funding for states such as florida, california, and georgia. We have tried to have an emphasis on helping and making sure our Service Members and their families are taken care of. We have increased funding for Sexual Assault prevention and added 110 million for child million fories, 45 current year levels as far as military schools and their improvement as well as an Environmental Restoration projects in and around bases and communities in which our personnel live and we will be happy to answer any questions. I mr. Calvert. Thank you. I wish we would have done this some once ago. We may go into overtime but in the end we get it done. I would like to thank the chairman for his leadership and friendship and courtesies. After thoughtful negotiations between house and senate, we have a good, balanced bill and i look forward to passing both chambers and getting into the and getting it to the president for his signature. I agree with everything the chairman has said. It is a good villain i urge your support and thank you very much it is a good bill and i urge your support and i thank you very much. I will be as brief as i can. You and thosek about to come up for the hard work you have done. This is to avoid a shut down and avoid another cr and get our work done for the year. , there aresan relief things in this bill and the overall package that i like and something some not too crazy about. But there is not a lot i can do at this point anyway. Its been negotiated, is done and our job is to get it to the floor. I want to thank you and your staffs for all their hard work that has been put into this. Thank you very much. Can you answer me whether or not it thea has included in federal aviation employee i think hes referring to the family medical leave provision. On how about under title 38, the va employees on family medical leave . In mail call i believe. It ndaa . Er it is, is i dont know. I want to go back again to employee,l aviation there were 35,000. It is not unusual that we have extraneous matters carrying the appropriation bill. They are all being negotiated or have been negotiated in a bipartisan, bicameral manner and the appropriate authorizing committee can provide you with more information about the details of each of these provisions. We certainly its deeply appreciated. We will pass them on, thank you. I will follow the standalone and watch it. Mr. Cole . I have asked unanimous consent of our colleague mr. Carter. Could that be introduced . Without objection. I sat through every Committee Meeting with these folks. I drank and smoked with all of them who were willing to. [laughter] i want to testify to the great work they do. I get to serve with their departing friend who has done a brilliant job on the most complex bill in the whole package in defense. I want to be tickly thank him for his leadership on the committee for many years. Obviously, i want to thank my chairman and Ranking Member, both of whom have done an extra ordinary job to put this together. Its amazing how many freeloaders they pick up with their hard work. We have quite a few of them on they dont bear any responsibility for and many are things i support. But i particularly support the work that came out of each one of these subcommittees and certainly the wonderful work that the chairman and Ranking Member did. Thank you very much. Want to enter the statement into the record by chairman schultz on behalf of the Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. Ms. Torres. I want to thank each and everyone of you. Also as a member of the Appropriations Committee, we appreciate all of your work and its amazing to me how much time and how much we are willing to senate finally, when the returns our phone calls, the you were there at the table. Most of all to the staff on both sides. I know how hard they worked throughout the weekend so i very much appreciate every single one of you for all of that and i yield back. Mr. Perlmutter. I want to thank you. We saw you a lot the first month of this year like every other day. As we worked our way through the shutdown, a very difficult time for so many people especially the employees of the United States of america. I am very happy that you are all here at the end of the year to bring this to a very positive conclusion and i yield back. Mr. Burgess. Thank you. I say . N there is stuff i like and their stuff i dont like. Repeals, the Health Insurance tax, if i got my numbers correct, thats number 77, 78, and 79 for the repeal of obamacare. That will be bipartisan. Dont spoil the moment. [laughter] worried that the hospital issue has not been resolved. Its simply been delayed and i worried that that will turn into another sgr phenomenon if we let it go too long. Its more than just the Appropriations Committee but we do have to work on a solution for that. The Public Health portions that are part of this bill should never have been left this late. Routinely criticize this and waited until well past the time of expiration so here we are 2. 5 months past the expiration of many of these things but they are getting done. I guess i should be grateful for that. I know this represents a significant amount of work. Thats not lost on us here. We appreciate you bringing this to us today and avoiding what would be the inevitable consequence of another appropriations flak. I was never critical of anyone on the rules committee. Mr. Chairman, i want to repeat again something i think i said. I appreciate your comments. Find somell authorizing language in the appropriations bill. We would be delighted to see the authorizing Committee Deal with these bills so they would not be part of the appropriations process. If you have additional questions, you might reach out to the authorizing committee to complete this. None of this authorizing language would be here if it hadnt been negotiated in a bicameral, bipartisan way. Although they shouldve been done as separate items, not as part of an appropriations bill. I am obligated to point out that youre authorizing language for the house authorizers, in the energy and commerce level, was done in plenty of time before the end of the fiscal year. The difficulty occurs with the other side of the rotunda, i yield back. I want to echo my colleagues and thank you for your hard work putting this together. Compromise of legislation, everybody is not going to be happy with everything but it certainly does a lot of great things for my district and i am very grateful so thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. No questions but i want to say thank you for all your hard work. I would echo that. This is a herculean tax and i thank everyone who played a role in doing this and i want to signal out my fellow new yorker and dear friend chairwoman lowy for her extraordinary work. And we are often delighted to have her again today. I wanted to offer my congratulations as well and reassure those supporters of baylor that they have only 13 times compared to 27 times for oklahoma. [laughter] congratulations. Its nice to have a kumbaya moment. I want to thank you again for your work and this panel is dismissed. Thank you and i want to thank again or extraordinary staff who have not had too much sleep. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] as this panel is about to leave, the next panel is mr. Dash as miss dilauro, ms. Colma, mr. Price and mr. Fleischman. All right, we are all here . We will begin with you. The committee will be in order. Why dont you begin . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I am proud to discuss the fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill for labor, health, and Human Services and education related agencies. A big thank you to nita lowey for her leadership at a personal partner, to my congressman cole. Its a wonderful, strong relationship we have in this bill. Labor has been shortchanged for years and were making up for lost ground and we fought with the senate to win crucial investments in education. 550 million increase for childcare, the same for headstart post up 25 Million Dollars increase for preschool developing grants, 400 50 million increase for title i, 400 million increase for special education ida. A new addition to in social and