Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. As we begin our final day of consideration of the fy21 spending bills, id like to thank you all for your kind words and well wishes and ask you, please, to indulge me in just a few more reflections. I came to congress in 1989, one of just 31 women in the house and senate and to this committee in 1993 alongside only six other women under the 64member panel. This body is better for the 100 women serving in the 116th congress and for the many women in the room today. Its my honor to address the full committee for my final time as the first woman chair. You know, its ironic [applaus [applause] thank you. Its ironic that back in 1993 i had to choose between serving on appropriations or ways and means. I was fortunate to be given that choice. And today, we markup my final appropriation bills in the ways and Means Committee room. I chose appropriations because i believed it was the best place to give more people a better chance at a better life. After nearly 30 years on the committee, i still believe that. In fact, nowhere else in congress could i have advanced such a diverse range of priorities. In the days of congressionally directed spending, something i hope you all restore, i brought home hundreds of millions to help my constituents directly from transportation hubs, to commuter services, Early Learning and health centers, to Economic Development and job training, school safety, senior centers, flooding relief and more, of course, without those projects ive created new programs including one that protects vulnerable nonprofits at a time of rising antisemitism and hate, like those in my district surrounding the communities that experience a tragic attack at a Hanukkah Party last year. Nationally, we advanced to point away alcohol content for drunk driving that saved countless lives. Following september 11th we funded the new department of Homeland Security and i fought hard for new yorks fair share of its investments in our preparedness and response capabilities. Im so proud of tremendous accomplishments for Womens Health, from protecting and expanding assets, to Family Planning here and abroad, to gains in Research Equity and Breast Cancer research, and securing contraceptive coverage for federal employees that led to dramatically expanding coverage for women today. And let me just say, we will never go back to the days when the National Institute of health excluded women from clinical trials, when even the lab rats were all male. Among many education achievements, we established the first after School Programs that have grown to a billion dollar investment today and served millions of children and families, and it was certainly fun to bring bert and ernie to a hearing to help save pbss federal funding. Despite my passion for these priorities, i bucked conventional wisdom to become Ranking Member on the state and foreign option subcommittee rather than the hh subcommittee. I cant overstate my commitments to our responsible investment to foreign aid bills and make the world better, safer and healthier, while improving the security of generations here at home. At the heart of that work is providing a basic education to the worlds children so that they may thrive and prosper, be healthier, and resilient, to dangerous influences and create a more stable world. So what a moving and rewarding honor it was to have my dear friends, Ranking Members rogers, recognizing my work on basic education by naming that program for me last week in the state and foreign operations markup. While my time as a chairwoman as the Committee Last been short, our achievements together will have a lasting impact. Despite our differences and disagreements or perhaps because of them, we ultimately recognize that the power of the purse, one of most important with the constitution, requires building concensus and puts the interest of the American People first. I took the appropriations gavel in january, 2019 in the middle of the longest partial Government Shutdown in u. S. History. Not only did we reach bipartisan agreement to reopen government, we cleared all 12 fiscal year 2020 appropriation bills through committee and 10 off the house floor before the Senate Introduced a single bill. And we enacted all 12 before the end of the calendar year. As appropriators, we lead by example with common sense and deliberation. Our ability to Transcend Party differences and make hard choices within the constraints of limited funding, makes us worthy of the privilege to hash out the biggest battles of the day through virtual and remote work and in masks and gloves today, this committee is confronting twin crises, one most of us never expected, the other only the willfully indifferent could not have anticipated. In recent months weve led the way to invest trillions to stem the spread of a Global Pandemic, and mitigate the worst of its devastating Economic Impact. The fiscal year 2021 appropriation bills continue those efforts as we address systemic racism, a crisis that has reached a boiling point in recent weeks. We have acted on the urgent need for Meaningful Police Reform and Economic Development and disadvantaged communities that is fundamental to a more justice and Equitable Society that lives up to our highest values and aspirations. We are living through a time of heightened cynicism and polarization, of suffering, and pain, and great uncertainty, with too little compassion and leadership from some at the highest level of power. The old addage you might have heard me say a time or two, that in washington there are republicans, there are democrats, and there are appropriators. In past, perhaps more important now than ever. My parting request to you is this do not succumb to the pervasive partisanship that can permeate what feels like all of our professional and even sometimes our personal lives. Beyond keeping governments store open and lights on, conduct robust oversight and demand accountability and transparency on the use of taxpayer dollars. Defend our constitutional prerogatives against executive overreach regardless of who occupies the white house, or the speakers office. Always strive to use the power of the purse to unlock the full potential of this nation. Over the next weeks and months, i will continue that hard work with all of you. You are at the heart of what makes this the best committee in congress. And if youre looking for a goodbye gift, i would love to get all our bills done by the end of the year. To the other members leaving congress at the end of this turn, my fellow new yorker and dear friend, jose serrano, pete, tom graves, martha roby, and will herd, thank you for your service and i wish you the very best. To my subCommittee Chairs, marcy, pete, jose, rosa, david, lucille, sanford, betty, tim, debby, mike, you have made your mark, not just on your bills and on this committee. Thank you for your steady, effective leadership and friendship. Kay, i can never ask for a better Ranking Member. We took turns as chair and Ranking Member on state and foreign operations and have shown time and again that women get things done. I will deeply miss our partnership and you personally. I would be remiss not to mention former Committee Chairs nacher, livingston, young, lewis, olby, my good friend rogers, friehling hausen that showed me how to do this job well. None of us could fulfill our mandate without the support of excellent staff. All of the successes ive recounted today are more achievements of many others. To the staff in both and committee and my Congressional Office, for a year and a half as chairwoman, six years as Ranking Member and for some, a whole lot longer, i have benefitted immeasurably for your wisdom, counsel, tireless commitment and on more than a few occasions from your technological prowess. One of the benefits of being chair is having the largest and most experienced staff on the hill, from all of our subCommittee Staff led by clerks martha foley, bob bonner, becky, jamie, matt smith, Derrick Newby, rita, steven, robin, steve, joe carlisle to adam bird, jason gray, adam wilson, tom tucker, anna hanson, mike burns, gloria newletter, im pronouncing it wro wrong better. Malkey white in the front office, eric jackson, lonnie johnson, kathy little. I am so grateful for everything you do to make this the very best committee in congress. My Congressional Office staff in washington, including fay, wendy corbin, liz, jane rick tore, steve brenner, Justin Barnes have been invaluable during my final appropriations markup as always. I especially note my gratitude for the extraordinary work of several staffers whom i work with most closely. The director, clerk, shalondi young. [applause] thank you, you took the hint as to why i was silent. My deputy staff director, chris bigelow, an alum of my personal office, Communications Director evan hollander. Legislative director dana acton, deputy chief of staff kelly, and my chief of staff for the last 15 years, the amazing, extraordinary elizabeth stanley. I appreciate the great contributions of former staff, including chiefs of staff scott fleming, howard wilson, matthew trou, Clair Coleman and legislative teams led by jim townsend, mark isaac, jenny lereah, heather howard, beth tritter, jean doyle. At the committee i valued the expertise of former director david pomeranz, leslie, and those who served in my personal office. I enjoyed seeing so many current and former staffers grow in your careers, get married, have children, and even some of you retire before me. Youll always be a part of the lowey family. In conclusion, it has been the honor of my life to serve as chairwoman of this committee. While ill be sad to hand over the gavel, i know that all of us, members and staff, will live by the underlying principle that has guided our Work Together. Do the best we can to make life better for the most people we can. So thank you for indulging me. [applaus [applause] ms. Granger would like to be recognized. What nita said comes from her heart. Ive written these remarks and scribbled all over them. And im just going to talk a little about this woman. When i was going to be her ranking chair, shes going to be chair and im the Ranking Member, i was ecstatic just to have the position. She called me and asked if id come to her office and i did. And she said, welcome, were going to be friends, were going to bring this budget on time, on budget and were going to be best friends. Now, thats one of the strangest kind of things because my staff had warned me before i went to her office, and they said, kay, thats probably the only time youll get to see anything, because the Ranking Member is a chair that has Ranking Member on it. And when she said were going to be friends, she said best friends and i remember it so well because from that time on, thats the way she did it and thats the way thee she brought me in which is really just amazing. And she said, as she said, were the First Committee thats been chair and Ranking Member for two women. And i said well, that couldnt be. We looked, it really wasnt, she missed one. There had been a committee to decide where there was going to be a beauty salon in the capitol. And they named a committee and they studied it for five years before they could make that decision. So we didnt have to live up to everything, but we did become friends and we became partners and when you think of, not a democrat from new york and a republican from texas, and were going to be good friends, best friends and partners, that should have been the most unique thing, but it really because when she said that, she meant that. She said, thats what were going to do so its been it was just a joy always. And then i became chair and she was the Ranking Member and we switched back from time to time and she said very clearly, the difference is whoever is chair gets to make the rules and when and we understood. She was always an honest broker and respected my opinions, and we could always disagree without being disagreeable and wanted nita said i want to set that as the tone so other people can really understand it can be done that way and thats what happened. I think of the most important thing about to know about nita lowey is shes genuine. What you see up here and the way she said thats who she is and her whole life, shes an optimist, but never a pushover in any way whatsoever. I asked her this week about her portrait. I said, nita, i have a question to ask i guess i said, i have a request to make i said when you get your portrait done, i want to make sure youre smiling, you dont want to look like she said ive already done it and im smiling, but that beautiful smile some people would take that as im just a really nice person. She is tough as nails. People would ask me, said im going to go to mrs. Lowey, i know youre a friend or know her. Tell me what to expect. And i said, dont ever take her for granted, shes tough and she knows her business. Nita, i want to thank you for your service and thank you for your friendship and you will not be replaced. You will not be replaced, our country will miss you, our district will miss you and ill miss you. Thank you. [applaus [applause]. Okay. Now we better get to work so you can get to your planes and trains and buses, so thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to address you. I call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. And before we begin, house rules now 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 department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss roy bell allen to present the bill. Thank you, madam chair and id like to begin by joining colleagues in recognizing chairwoman lowey for her nearly 32 years of service to our country. Her wisdom, her passion and committee on behalf of her constituents and the American People will be greatly missed in the house of representatives and throughout the country. Madam chair, it really has been a privilege and an honor to serve with you. To my Ranking Member, mr. Fleischman, i thank you for your input and collaboration in putting together the bill before us. Its been a pleasure to work with you on this very challenging bill. While there are areas of disagreement, primarily around immigration issues, i believe most of our bill represents a bipartisan agreement. However, i dont want to minimize the disagreements on immigration, they are significant and important. It is unfortunate that over the past three and a half years, progress on a fair and just Immigration Reform effort has been severely undermined by the divisive policies and rhetoric of the Current Administration. This includes the president s continued effort to expound the dreamers, even though the majority of our nation, including Business Leaders, oppose this effort. Americans understand the unfairness of such an action and the pain and suffering it would cause. They also understand the value of dreamers to our country and our future. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the departments personnel who work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Many have contracted the virus and sadly, they have lost their lives to it. We owe their family sincere gratitude. I also want to recognize the pandemics impact on migrants especially those held in detention facilities. Many have contracted the virus and sadly, some also have died. In my view with infections in ice detention facilities rising, to protect both staff and migrants, alternatives to detention should be used for anyone not a threat to Public Safety, particularly, families. Before discussing the bill id also like to mention three areas the subcommittee is working on. Given the heightened role fema and tsa are playing during the pandemic, we continue to have discussions on additional requirements they may have for fiscal year 2021. We are prepared to address any Additional Needs related to the pandemic, later in the process, based on formal requests from the administration. Similarly, in light of pandemics impact on cbp revenue, we are monitoring the need for additional funding for customers officers salaries in fc fy21. And the revenue is not addressed in our bill because it will not be enacted in time to help. Given the urgency of the matter, it is surprising that the Administration Still has not formally requested supplemental funding for the agency and its work force. Nevertheless, we will continue our bipartisan discussions with the Judiciary Committee and uscis on the agencys impending shortfall. We will keep working to ensure there are no furloughs of uscis personnel which would severely undermine the agencys important mission. One possible vehicle for addressing the uscis funding shortfall is the next covid supplemental bill which increasingly looks as if it could move through Congress Later this month. Also on a more positive note, these have increased significantly in the last few months making any shortfalls much less than the 1. 2 billion dollars the agency originally suggested. Unless new policies are implemented by the administration that would further reduce uscis, the revenue. Now on the bill. Members we have worked very hard to find the right balance of investments across the Broad Spectrum. And making sure theyre consistent with our American Values. Weve done our best to address as many of your concerns and priorities as possible and those of house members more bradley. It more broadly. It has not been easy. The house received over 3,000 requests, 20 increase, including over 1800 requests for bill and report language, an increase of 50 . The bill recommends 56 billion in total discretionary appropriations for the department of Homeland Security, including 50. 7 billion within the bill 2b discretionary allocation. 5. 1 billion as a budget cap adjustment for major Disaster Response and recovery activities, and 250 million for the coast guards overseas contingency operations. The amount within the discretionary allocation is 250 million above the fiscal year 2020 level. Throughout the bill we also provide increases above the request to help maintain Current Services and we invest in high priority capabilities and activities across the Broad Spectrum of Homeland Security missions. No funding is provided for border barriers and because the administration continues to ignore the will of congress by diverting funding to barrier construction beyond what congress appropriates, the bill rescind s funding for that purpose. The bill divests, 222 Million Dollar above the request for alternative to detention. Including 75 Million Dollars for exhanded nonprofitbased case management. The bill provides funding for an average daily population in ice custody of 22,000 single adults. This is a significant reduction compared to prior years as we build up capacity and effectiveness of adt, which is a more humane, appropriate and cost executive approach for the vast majority of individuals in removal proceedings who are not flight risks to the public. The bill phases out family detention by the end of this year because detention is no place for families. The 22,000 levels for single adults is based on analysis of prior year data on what is needed to process recent Border Crossers and detain individuals who are Public Safety threats for flight risk. Current the population in ice detention is studily decreasing. And it is now under 23,000 compared to a high point of over 54,000 in detention last august. That reduction stems from various Administration Policies to quickly remove migrants at the border with little or no due process. The most recent and the most damaging policy is to remove the vast majority of migrants almost immediately on the pretext of preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Extra precaution is certainly warranted during the pandemic. But the asylum and due process laws and the values on which they are based. Prial merrill as a result of that policy. Migrant transfers from cvb to ice custody have dropped substantially and along with the need for covid beds. The detention beds will not be needed and will remain unavailable as long as the wholesale expulsions tied to the pandemic continue. Until recently we worked collaboratively with the department to provide funding flexibility in terms of limited transfer authority to address unanticipated needs and 76ers. That authority has come with the understanding that transfers and major reprogramming would be implemented only with a concurrence of the committee. Unfortunately, last summer for the First Time Since the department was established, the department violated that understanding by ignoring the committees the objections to a proposed transfer and reprogramming notification related to Immigration Enforcement. To make matters worse, the department sent a reprogramming notification to proposes to use bipartisan congressional priorities as offsets for c bps revenue shortfall. Those offsets would include funding for body worn cameras, night helicopters, aircraft, and all critical to the mission. And the committee has used authority by congress. And has no authority to transfer funds between accounts and limits to reprogram within accounts. Furthermore, in spite of repeated requests, meetings, and conversations with dhs, including with multiple acting secretaries themselves, many dhs components consistently take months to respond to bipartisan requests for information needed to fulfill the committees oversight responsibilities. And when we finally do get responses, they are often incomplete if they are provided at all. Therefore, the bill withholds throughout the bill, for a better response to the committees comments. Ill thank the member for the bill and report. Its unfortunate, the controversial issues in our bill overshadow all the good bipartisan work we do together to provide oversight and transparency in the departments activities and to ensure its more than 240,000 personnel have the resources they need to successfully carry out its many important missions. I also thank the subCommittee Staff, both majority and minority who have worked tirelessly the last few months in helping to draft this bill under very challenging circumstances. They include derrick, chris, karen, bob, mike herman, elizabeth, justin smith and for the minority, dina barends and daniel tidwell. My personal staff including ernesto, Isabel Sanchez and former staff member victoria rivas. I ask my colleagues to support it. Thank you, i yield back. Ranking member fleischman is recognized. Thank you, chairman. And before i address the bill. I would remiss if i didnt look at the accolades for the committee chairman, mrs. Lowey. Mrs. Lowey its the first time ive had an opportunity over the past few days to join in the accolades and they are sincere. Your Opening Statements today, i thank you for that, as well as your Outstanding Service to our committee ran to our country and to your great state. The state of new york. Thank you again for always combatting antisemitism and racism and sexism. These are endeavors not only important to you and to me, but i think to our entire country and to our body. So thank you very much for your strong support of that and that legacy will continue on both sides of the aisle. So i wish you the very best. Thank you. Now, if i can only do one thing, i know youre a diehard yankee fan. My mother and my father were diehard yankee fans, so i am a strong new york met fan. I remember 1969 vividly, so, perhaps thats one of our few disagreements, but with that i will just say lets go mets. This is a difficult bill. You and i have worked so well together. I dont think weve ever had a crossword, you are a fine lady, you articulate your positions very well. There are some bona fide differences in this bill, strong differences, im going to talk about the differences, but im also going to talk about the areas of great agreement. Chairman granger, thank you for your confidence in me. This is the first time ive actually been a Ranking Member. Ive been on the committee a long time and i cherish my role as an appropriator. I think thats very important to our country, what we do in this committee and for this congress. So thank you, maam. Its been a pleasure serving with you. To all the members on this committee. I thank you and on our subcommittee for very thoughtful although somewhat abridged hearing. Weve worked through difficult times do you to the coronavirus which brought us to very difficult points. Through it all, they limited the visits and Department Buildings that took place over the phone, for us to understand the needs of the department of Homeland Security. The bill before us, madam chair, i think we have some broad areas of agreement on about 80 of the issues in funding and i really think we need to let the American People know that. I will touch on that in a bit. We hear from the same constituencies and hear deeply about the safety and security of people in our country and particularly the people of this department and so much of this bill does reflect the shared concern and our joint priorities for investment. The unfortunately, in the places where we disagree, the differences are once again vast and in its current form respectfully, i cannot support this bill and i ask my colleagues vote no as well. This bill does not include a single dollar for the continued border fence construction, not a single dollar. Further, it takes money away from what we provided last year. I know it seems like forever ago, but we suffered an extensive shutdown over this same issue. It would be foolish not to learn from our past. We must provide funds for the programs that will allow us to get this bill enacted and let me be clear, this committee and to the American People, the wall is being built. The wall is being built at about one half mile per day. It will continue to be built and it will be built for the benefit and security of our nation. And i know there are bills where the majority strongly disagree. The other area of major disagreement are the levels of funding for ice and the lack of funds flexibility and thats of great concern to the minority. Ice needs to be able to respond to the extreme variations in the number of people at the border and they need to be able to follow through with detaining and transporting people back to their countries after having been issued an order of removal. Or those who are convicted of criminal acts. Despite these agreements, madam chair, we recognize that the department is more than just cbp and ice. We need the funds that are proposed in this bill for all agencies that are working hard every day in our week to our communities, to keep our people safe. The great United States coast guard, tisa, fema, all the great components of the department. I thank the chairwoman all she did for these agencies under the allocation especially where increases are proposed to address the critical needs across the department. The and i thank you for the reports, briefings, direction and dollars at the behest of colleagues on both sides of the aisle. I know we have 10 or so amendments today, maybe 12. Im hopeful that despite our disagreements, our department will remain respectful especially in light of the social distance pandemic that were faced with. I will say this, i have never been more proud to be a member of this committee, hearing the debates that have gone on with the bona fide differences, the civility of both sides of the aisle demonstrated towards one another, not only from the dias. I know the American People are watching and thank you. Id like to thank members by the staff. Derrick, chris, bob, karen, mike, elizabeth and justin and from our side, dina, adam and daniel who worked with me. Your work and efforts are absolutely appreciated and herculean. Thank you. Since this is our last day in full committee, i hope id like to thank the staff working hour for hour and soon will be object the floor day after day. This brings us one step closer to completing all of the fiscal 2021 bills. Madam chairman, thank you for all of your courtesies, for all of your hard work and i yield back. Are there any other members who wish to be heard . I would now like to recognize myself for opening remarks. First of all i commend chairwoman allard, and Ranking Member fleischmann for their admirable work on this bill in a year of unprecedented challenges. I thank the staffs for their hard work to help craft the bill before us. In the congress we have a special and urgent responsibility to provide the necessary resources that are critical to our security. And to respond quickly and effectively to in you to new and emerging threats. Since i first arrived in Congress Nearly 32 years ago and in particular, after joining the homeland subcommittee in 2007, i have been committed to doing Everything Possible to ensure our constituents in every corner of america are safe and secure. We dont agree on everything in this bill, but as i reflect on this committees work, there is a remarkable and bipartisan track record of funding the einvolving Homeland Security needs of our country. We have strengthened our security over the years by investing in the capabilities of First Responders, rebuilding after disasters like super storm sandy. Supporting local social Service Organizations that provide food and shelter, to at risk members of our communities. And enhancing Aviation Security and preventing and better responding to acts of terror and hate. Nearly two decades have passed since september 11th when nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives, including more than 100 of my own constituents. When i learned that First Responders were unable to communicate with one another, reducing the effectiveness of the response on that tragic day, i introduced the connect First Responders act and we created a 150 Million Grant Program in an office at the department of Homeland Security to ensure Ineffective Communications never again obstruct Emergency Response teams working to save lives. We have made important progress over the years, but america is still not as safe as it should be. The sad reality is that we have seen p a shocking increase in antisemitism and violent hate crimes in the last few years. Three years ago i established a 10 million Nonprofit Security Program for those outside of urban areas, Security Initiative or other regions. This meant that nonprofits outside of major metropolitan areas like those in rocklands county, new york, could better protect themselves with increased Security Capabilities and have Greater Peace of mind. In fy2020, this committee succe successly put that level to 40 million. Shortly after the 2020 spending bill was enacteded, a tragic hi hatefilled attack. That was not an anomaly. What we are experienced could only be called an epidemic of hate. While nonprofit security grants are not a panacea, i am optimistic that the combined 360 million this mark includes for grants could greatly help to prevent future attack particularly those aimed at ethnic, religious. And the toll of the coronavirus palm is unprecedented. As a nation we have lost more than 138,000 lives due to covid19. More than 18 of home were new yorkers. Our first responds continue to go above and beyond many making the ultimate sacrifice in service to their community and their country. These last several months have made it clear that we must do more to safeguard the American People from the real man made and natural threats that we face. To that end, the mark includes 10. 6 billion for fema, including 5. 6 billion for the Disaster Relief fund. And 3. 6 billion for frl federal assistance programs. Such as the firefighters and the emergency food and shelter program. This bill as a whole will strengthen our security and keep americans safe while opposing our American Values of sarness and respect. Strong investments in modern effective technologies will impro improve Homeland Security missions to disaster for border and maritime security. It also provides resources to meet the humanitarian needs of migrants and critically, it prohibits the administration from raiding funds to the president s wasteful border wall. Again, i thank chairwoman allard ap Ranking Member fleischmann for their work and would like to recognize the Homeland Security subcommittee majority staff led by Derrick Newby and my Congressional Office staffer fay raybon and former staffer, jennifer. And id like to hear from miss granger for her opening remarks. Thank you, id like to thing the subcommittee chairwoman and their leadership on the Homeland Security homeland bill. All are experiencing a crisis and the department of Homeland Security is one of the agencies on the front line. During these challenging times the men and women of the department of Homeland Security have continued their mission to ports of entry along the border and in our communities. Responding to emergencies and saving lives across the nation. Thats why im particularly concerned about some choices made in this bill. The department demonstrating that they have the resources to protect our nation from threats. The best way to honor their work especially in these trying times is to adequately fund the program supported by the department. We must do whatever and everything we can to make their jobs easier and not add for the challenges and complications. Im particularly concerned that no funds were made available for construction of the wall along the southwest border. Not only does the bill exclude the 2 billion requested it prevents other funds to be made available for the wall. These trafficking and smuggling operations only serve to line the pockets of these criminals, leaving countless victims in their wake. The funding the what is the worst step we could possibly take if we are serious about securing our borders. Once again that this bill attempts to stop the departments ability to uphold immigration laws by limiting funds for immigration and customs enforcement. Reducing the funding for ice bedsteads anymore that limit the number of criminals detained. We cant start ayes out of Critical Resources to the point that it is unable to implement and enforce the laws on the books. This will only make our country less safe. I want to work to resolve these issues and craft a Homeland Security bill that both addresses are most pressing needs and can be signed into law by the president. In closing i want to thank the members of the subcommittee and the staff for the work on this very important and complex build. These are life and death matters for everyone in our country and we must continue our efforts to find Common Ground. Thank you, madam chair. I yield back. Ms. Wasserman schultz is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. Madam chair, want to extend my congratulations to charwomen roybalallard and Ranking Member fleischmann. I know the homeland appropriations bill is the most critically and politically challenging of our 12 bills but i believe the mark at a consideration to demonstrates this committee is driving to the unprecedented challenge that is the Trump Administration. This bill shows we will not tolerate an executive branch that continues to flippantly defy congress. Im pleased to see the bill eliminates transfer authority for dhs and eliminates most reprogramming authority. And includes no money for the border wall. Dhs and it shouldnt. Dhs has grown increasingly brazen in its manipulation of its transfer and reprogramming authority for medical expense deportation efforts in this is why we cant have nice things. Im particularly grateful you include a stronger language to protect spot to applicants from deportation. I was among those who pushed for the change because this of meditation has been looking for ways to circumvent federal appropriations law and deport those who come forward to give homes to unaccompanied children. The stronger language in this bill would put an end to that deceitful practice. Im glad the bill includes request to prevent deportation proceedings against children using information provided during counseling sessions as well as my request to prevent the administration from blocking members of congress from visiting detention facilities. Further, the bill includes 5. 5 5. 5 million from the hero child hero child rescue corps which hires veterans to combat child sexual exploitation. The mark includes critical funding for nonprofit security grants which can help nonprofits in places of worship protect against violent extremist threats. Im proud to report includes language that directs i. C. E. To public report info on transgender detainees, language that provides for medicare unaccompanied minors, detained in the interior of the country and language that directs cbp to be much more proactive about notifying congress about the horrible death and oppression. All this language shouldnt need to be there. But, unfortunately, this administration has proven there has to be. Thank you, madam chair. For your excellent work. I look forward to supporting this legislation and to continue to stand up for people who have no voice. I yield back. Mr. Cuellar is recognized. Thank you, madam chairwoman. I also want to thank chairwoman roybalallard for the wonderful worker and her staff have done along with the Ranking Member fleischmann for i know this a very difficult guilt when you stand that. We found a lot of balance. Just want to talk about a couple of things i want to thank you for adding. One is no funding for the wall and just to make sure but understands, the last few years weve only done three miles of new miles of fencing so we want to make sure we dont do that because want to thank you also for adding the specific protection that affect my district, in particular to new ones to any type this on the register of Historic Places that would protect places like in my area and also bought is also on the managers amendment will be adding the sacred heart Childrens Home in laredo, texas, and thank you so much for that. Want to thank you all madam chair, for the 531 million in technology to protect our border. Technology is very, very important. What thank you also for the new cbp officers, those of the men women in blue that we are hiring for our port along with the specials were hiring to make sure we properly manned our bridges. Finally, i want to say, two things. One, thanks thanks for adding the language for the sport and funding for outbound infections. There are high park and sickle from the United States in new mexico that the drug cartels are using to kill thousands of their own people, the mexican citizens, so thank you for that so we can stop the illegal firearms and currency that goes back and funds the federal organs criminal organization. Thank you for the dollars for the emergency food shelter Grant Program, a very balanced bill. Thank you for the hard work that you and the Ranking Member have done. Thank you so much. Seeing no other member wishing to make opening remarks, id like to recognize ms. Delauro. You are recognized. Thank thank you so much, madm chair. Let me just say thank you to chairwoman roybalallard and Ranking Member fleischmann for the hard work and for producing this bill. I want to say thank you to the chairwoman for including bill language that will help homeowners in connecticut and around the country to be able to resubmit requests for assistance related to the removal of debris from an Owner Occupied private residence, a property for major disaster. On may 15, 2018, the state of connecticut was hit with tornadoes and super self thunderstorms leaving homeowners intimate and fairfield counties with tremendous damage to their homes and properties. The storm was produced f1 tornado snap 1800 utility poles and down 300 miles of power lines leaving as many as 180,000 customers without power and several, there were several the tablet is as well. The president firmly declared a state of emergency for new haven and fairfield counties. The Trump Administration declined to offer individual assistance through fema. There are still homeowners in my district duffeys cost of up to 70,000 for debris and tree removal. Which Homeowners Insurance does not cover because in this instance it did not cause damage to their structure, and this is unacceptable. Finally, madam chair, i want to say thank you for including extensive report language that directs cbp to implement the basic standards of care outlined into evidencebased Public Health bill. He marriage instead of individuals in cbp custody act which passed the house in july july 2019 with bipartisan support. I was proud to join congressman doctor ruth as who has been a vocal and a tenacious advocate for achieving these critical stand in leaving more than 40 of our colleagues in requesting this language. These standards include ensuring every detainee in their custody receives an initial Health Screening by a medical professional and to provide appropriate healthcare come has access to not less than one gallon of water per person per day and three meals per day, and every facility is well lit and well ventilated with the humidity at the temperature kept at comfortable levels. Our American Values, our moral conscience at a constitution require us to treat all individuals humanely. And these standards allow us to do just that. Strongly support the appropriations bill. I think the chairwoman and the Ranking Member for the leadership to ensure that we are meeting the humanitarian needs of migrants and investing in smart Effective Security programs proven to keep americans safe, and i yield back. Are there any other members wishing to make general comments about the bill . Seeing no other members wishing to make opening remarks, i would like to recognize ms. Roybalallard to offer a managers amendment. Thank you, madam chair. I have bipartisan managers amendment at the desk and ask unanimous consent that it be considered as read. The clerk will read the amendment. Without objection, the reading is suspended. Unless there are any questions on the various items i urge the committees prompt adoption of the amendment. Ranking member fleischmann is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I writes in support of the gentleladys time and met. I thanked her. We participate in negotiating the language that includes the amendment and we support its passage. Thank you and i yield back. Are there any other members who wish to be heard on the amendment . Are doing is ready to leave. I recognize ms. Roybalallard for one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. I asked everybody to support the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The questions on the amendment. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendment amendments . For what purpose does the member from, for new rise . Madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk and i would like to ask that it be come the reading be dispensed with. Mr. Aguilar is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. This amendment seeks to right a wrong. I appreciate the member from texas working with me on this issue come something that weve all worked on. Because right now hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living in this country whose futures have been thrown into jeopardy by the Trump Administration. They are building lives in this country, they have careers, families and businesses here. Their First Responders on the front lines of this pandemic and are helping to keep our country and economy moving forward in a moment of crisis. This amendment simply codifies what we already know to be true, that their home is here. Out amendment would prevent the department of Homeland Security from detaining and affording daca recipients, ensuring they can live without fear of being torn away from the lives they have created here. Im proud of this amendment has bipartisan support because its not an issue of democrat versus republican. Its an issue of right versus wrong. I urge my colleagues to do whats right for the young people and to support this amendment. Thank you. Mr. Hurd, cosponsor, seeks recognition. Mr. Hurd is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. Daca recipients have come to the u. S. Through no fault of their own and are now building businesses, paying taxes or going to school. These dreamers have built their lives here. They contributing to our communities, our economy and right now more than 200,000 dreamers are working on the front lines fighting covid19. As my colleague from california has said, this will prevent federal dollars to use to retain or remove dreamers who should be allowed to stay in america. For too long their lives have hung in the balance is as courts and others decide decided futu. Congress needs to act to implement a permanent legislative solution for this daca recipients. I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment and encourage Speaker Pelosi and leader mcconnell to Work Together for bipartisan and bicameral permanent action on daca. Madam chair, i would also like to add i want to thank all the Appropriations Committee staff from both sides of the aisle for their hard work and countless hours and working on this legislation. I would like to thank my good friend from california as well. I yield back. If there is no further debate if there is no further debate, the member mr. Diazbalart seeks recognition. Mr. Diazbalart is recognize recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise to support this amendment and i thank the gentleman or supported it, for bringing it up. As was mentioned, these are folks that did make the choice to come if they were brought as minors. And, therefore, the u. S. Should not and will not deport these individuals and so thats why what this amendment was brought up. I do want to make one quick point, which is some of us including by the way the two members have sponsored this amendment have been leaders in many, many discussions and negotiations over the years to finally have a legislative permanent fix for these individuals, affix applicant has been a legislative fix that will adhere to the rule of law, that will secure our National Security, that will help our economy and that will once and for all finally have a pathway, not just so theyre not important but so they can totally be part of this Great Society which is a country as you just mentioned. I look forward to continuing working with mr. I cannot. Unfortunately mr. Hurd will not be at the next session which is a real loss, but mr. Aguilar, i look forward to working with you, so i can trust and greatly respect. We need a permanent legislative which has to be by person negotiated solution. I know what your heart is but i think we need to come you and i and others have two redouble our efforts of thank you for bringing this up. I yield back, madam chairwoman. If there is no further debate yes. Recognized for one minute to close. Madam chair, support this amendment. We need a longterm solution for daca and tps recipients but until we do, they and the families and their communities deserve the peace of mind of knowing they will not be detained, deported or denied work authorization. The language provides stability by ensuring daca and tps eligible individuals are protected from any attempts by the administration to take harmful action on its own without any input from congress. I urge support for the amendment and i yield back the bounds of my time. And if theres no further debate, a member mr. Ideologue from californias recognized on the imminent for one minute to close. I appreciate the bipartisan support that this amendment has and i would ask our colleagues support. Thank you, madam chair. Yield back. The questions on the amendment offered by the member from california. All those in favor aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member tom tennessee rise . From. I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk or read the amendment. Request the reading be waived, madam chair. Without objection the reading is dispensed with. The member from tennessees recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Thank you, madam chair. As i am pleased about many parts of this bill, the lack of funds for continued construction of the border wall and the financial crippling of the enforcement and removal operations at i. C. E. Are unacceptable. Ive had the chance to visit the border, and the subcommittee has heard from the acting commissioner of customs and Border Protection, as well as Border Agents and officers on the front lines. This wall is necessary in so many places along the southwest border. Its necessary for the safety of the agents, and it is an effective asset against Transnational Criminal Organizations and their trafficking and smuggling enterprises. The statistics show that where you have a wall, you have no crossings. It works, and i would like to see us continue the program supported by cbp. Another area of great concern is once again the funding levels for i. C. E. And a lack of funds flexibility. I. C. E. Needs to be able to carry out their responsibilities of detaining and transporting people back to their countries after being issued a lawful order of removal. Further, i. C. E. Is the Law Enforcement Agency Charged with the responsibility of repatriating convicted criminals back to their countries. We absolutely must find the agency to allow them to adequately and responsibly do those missions which are set out in law. Putting partisan politics aside, we must agree that there is a need to protect our border and the men and women who work there. Additionally, we need to provide i. C. E. The funds and flexibility it needs to enforce our laws and severely reducing resources for detention beds will not allow them to do that. Further, it sends the wrong message to criminals and migrant traffickers who are keenly aware of our detention capability and policies. With the knowledge that many of those detained will be released, it only encourages these criminal organizations to instigate a further migration push, potentially putting us in the same situation as last years migration crisis. I urge i guess vote on this amendment. I thank you and i yield back my time. Ms. Roybalallard is recognized. Madam chair, i strongly oppose this amendment. This amendment would strike the specific appropriation for i. C. E. Enforcement and removal operation. A provision i included to ensure that congressional intent is not ignored given i. C. E. Past transgressions and willful disregard for congress as role in allocating funding and conducting oversight. By language also ensures the other missions within i. C. E. Are not cannibalize in order to deliver on the president s overly aggressive emigration enforcement agenda. Nothing in this bill prevents the department from seeking emergency supplemental funding, shouldnt unforeseen crisis werent such actions are however, with increases to the alternative to detention program, this bill provides significant flexibility for i. C. E. To carry out its Immigration Enforcement mission in a more humane and costeffective manner. The amendment would also remove the withholding of funds for the office of the principal Legal Advisor until the secretary can certify that he is ensuring meaningful access to counsel for those in dhs custody and providing know your rights presentation to migrants. These provisions do not change a migrants eligibility for a silent or any other benefit or relief. Nor does it prevent i. C. E. From accessing necessary funds to execute its mission. The withhold can be easily and quickly lifted by secretary simply doing the right thing, provide access to counsel and know your rights briefings here section 211 which this amendment proposes to strike bars the use of federal funds for construction of physical barriers and Less Congress explicitly appropriates funding for that purpose. Again, it is a matter of protecting congresses most important institutional authority, the power of the purse. Meanwhile, the fy 19 Border Security Improvement Plan is now one year overdue, and the department has still not complied with statutory requirements to provide lifecycle cost estimates, alternative analysis, and assessment of the effects of infrastructure deployment in communities and properties owners. Are these reasons and many more i strongly urge a no vote on this amendment. Ms. Granger is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I strongly support Ranking Member fleischmann amendment. After multiple continuing resolutions and historic of Government Shutdown last year, its displayed were still talk about not own a lack of funding for the wall but a complete reversal on previous negotiations. Moving backward will only lead us down and safepath jeopardize our nations security. The wall works, plain and simple. I had have been to the border many times alongside military and Agency Leaders and i observed the challenges posed by the various types of terrain. It is clear to me a wall enables Border Patrol agents to work effectively and safely do their jobs. Unfortunately we all know a lack of funding in this bill is going to provoke a veto threat since there is zero chance the president will sign this legislation in its current form. I also support this and six because it removes the arbitrary limit imposed on i. C. E. Pick without this amendment the agency would be stopped from enforcing the laws it is supposed to uphold. Severely restricting funds for i. C. E. Detention beds only further hinders our nations primary immigration Enforcement Agency with carrying out the congressionally mandated duties. The funding level in this bill for i. C. E. Tonight even provide enough money for the number of beds we currently use. I urge my colleagues to support the loss on the book by supporting this amendment. I urge a yes vote here thank you and i yield back. If there is no further debate, a member from tennessee is on the amendment for one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. For the reasons already articulated i think over the past few days and today i urge a yes vote and adoption of this amendment. Thank you. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from tennessee. All those in favor say aye. Those oppose say no. In the opinion of the chair the nos have it and the amendment is not adopted. Request a recorded vote. A recorded vote has been requested. All those in favor of a recorded vote raise your hand. A a sufficient number being in support, a recorded vote is ordered. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] does any member wish to change their vote . Seeing nine, the clerk will tally seeing none, the clerk will tally. On this note the nays r22, and nays r 30. The amendment is not adopted. For what purpose is a member from california rise . Madam chair, mr. Polk on and i and men the desk labeled roybalallard number one. The clerk will read the amendment. I asked unanimous consent the amendment be considered without red. The amendment reading is suspended with and the member from california is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. International students offer diversification and or colleges and universities and the schools and their communities also rely on that presents for financial stability. In march i provided guidance to colleges, universities and students temporarily waiving the requirement for in person casework leaving room for School Transition to an online come to online classes to protect the health of their students, faculty and staff. On july 6, i. C. E. Update its guidance to revoke this flexibility, requiring f f1 n one nonimmigrant students to either attend in person classes or leave the country. I received numerous calls and emails unconcern schools and students and from my fellow colleagues about the needlessly detrimental impact i. C. E. s new policy will have. I am guessing that most if not all of you received similar calls. While i. C. E. Has that it will rescind the july 6 update, updated guidance, our amendment will ensure that the flexibilities provided in i. C. E. s march guidance remain in effect, including renewed students. It is the right thing to do and it provides the necessary assurances to the schools and students who will benefit from this program. Its true the bill may not be enacted in time to provide such protection before the start of the fall semester, the pandemic will be with us for some time to come. It is also important for us to send a strong signal to the administration that any attempt to weaken the International Student program should i urge my colleagues to join us in support this amendment. Thank you, madam chair. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Pocan, the cosponsor of the amendment seeks recognition. Thank you, madam chair. I rise today in strong support of the chair womans amendment which prevent the administration from changing its mind again and going had with the racist policies that would result in the expulsion of International Students. Earlier this month the Top Administration announced a plan to require f 1 and m1 visa holders to take classes in person this fall in order to remain in the country. Given a covid19 is raging across the country due to President Trumps failure to lead, it is unconscionable that he would consider forcing anyone to choose between potentially risking their health by attending classes in person or be forced to leave their studies. Wisconsin is proud to host many International Students at uw madison and other institutions across the state. We must prevent the president from targeting International Students during this pandemic and i thank the chairwoman for leadership on this issue and a urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. [inaudible] thank you, madam chair. I rise in opposition to this amendment. The order which originally inspired this amendment was rescinded yesterday afternoon, so there is no longer a need for that. International students with current visas continue living in the United States while attending school even if the classes are online due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, this amendment before us extends the waiver for Online Learning to new applicants, students that havent even started school in the u. S. , or moved here. While i sympathize with those students who are caught in limbo due to the unforeseen circumstances of the coronavirus, legislating a waiver to new visa applicants creates a situation where we are no longer reacting to the pandemic, but disregarding the underlining law. I urge and no vote. Thank you, madam chair and i yield back. The clerk would like to clarify this is roybalallard number two. If there is no further debate, the member from california is recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. Madam chair, this issue is an easy problem to avoid by containing the sensible compromise at i. C. E. Itself promoted just a few months ago. Lets do the right thing for the students come for the schools and for for the communities. I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from california. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member from North Carolina rise . Madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk were read the amendment. Asked that it be dispensed with, the reading. Without objection reading of the amendment is dispensed with. The member from North Carolina is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Thank you, madam chair. I want to join others in thanking chairwoman roybalallard and Ranking Member fleischmann for the work on this bill. This is a tough pill to work on collaboratively but they have done a good job of going as far as they can to find agreement and then making clear disagreements beyond that. Its been a collaborative and thoughtful process, bipartisan in many ways its an unusual appropriation season so this is quite an achievement. This is probably our toughest bill so i really do tip the hat to our leaders for the way this has been presented to us. The bill is fraught and it has become i remember in my early days as Ranking Member and chairman of the Homeland Security subcommittee, i remember this was often the first bill we considered, considered the easiest one to pass and get through, often to get vehicle for other bills. Now the situation is quite different and its not too hard to figure out why. The issue of immigration and the extent to which this administration has gone in cruel and arbitrary immigration policies. This bill inevitably becomes a flashpoint for those policies. In my amendment is attempting to do with some of his today in terms of policies that we need to reverse and with appropriate action on the part of this subcommittee can reverse. We havent seen anything like this before. The Current Administration and its Homeland Security department are producing policies and regulations and executive orders at an alarming rate that are just directly contrary to our nations values and to our history as a nation of immigrants. Despite the humanitarian crises we face across the globe, including our own southern border, President Trumps doubling down on you and punitive actions against immigrants and those who are fleeing violence. He is putting thousands of lives in danger by refusing immigrants into our nation while simultaneously cutting humanitarian relief and Development Assistance designed to improve conditions back in their home countries. He is doing both, and its having devastating effects. This administration has near the base for asylum claims and is instituted multiple policies designed to virtually halt the flow of refugees into this country. Theyve attempted to resent the daca program and tps designations. They taken on indiscriminate Enforcement Actions against immigrants, and the list goes on. My amendment target some of these actions. It would prevent federal funds from being used for the following policies the policy rule designed to essentially prevent anyone from seeking asylum in our nation, the harmful remain in mexico policy which forces Asylum Seekers to wait in dangerous border towns before the hearing with little or no oversight, the blatant discriminatory travel ban, the Asylum Cooperative Agreement to rapidly expel asylum asylumses from the u. S. The countries where many have no recourse to seek protection based on credible fear. Fifth, guides that universalize enforcement priority making every undocumented immigrant, every immigrant potentially an equal priority for removal. Six, a a nonsensical policy tht could require citizenship applicants to attend interviews at a different cis office than where they originally applied. Finally, the u. S. Cbp personnel to conduct credible fear and reasonable fear interviews to determine those situations. It should be left to trained asylum officers. The list could go on. This is by no means an exhaustive list. It would take dozens of pages to enumerate a comprehensive list but this amendment is just a small sample of the numerous antiimmigrant actions taken by this president and his administration in the past three and half years. Abandoning the promise of america as a source of refuge for those escaping persecution and oppression. The estimate costs of this amendment is 50 billion and it is fully offset. I urge support for the amendment. Ms. Delauro . Ms. Roybalallard is recognized. Madam chair, i support the price amendment i did that include these funding limitation in the subcommittee bill because i know theyre controversial and because it is a tradition on the Homeland Security subcommittee to avoid controversial new general provisions at the subcommittee stage. But the funding prohibitions contained in this amendment are extremely important and i think it is appropriate for us here today to communicate very clearly that the administrations policies address by the amendment should not stand. There are many other harmful Administration Policies that are know the gentleman would like to have addressed in his amendment but the need for funding offset was a constraining factor. I urge support for the amendment, and madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Fleischmann is reaganesque. Thank you, madam chair. Recognize. I rise in strong opposition to the gentlemans amendment. Amendments such as of this bring about more partisan rhetoric in the broad immigration discussion and indepth aggravating the immigration challenges we are seeing at the border. As the chair of the two in her remarks, she purposely left the sting out of the main bill in an attempt to avoid the type of partisan issues. Of note is of the fact that the amendment seeks to restrict all federal funding for a multitude of programs put forth by this administration. But the price restricting funding for these activities ends up scoring upwards of 50 million against the bill here in short, its a nonstarter. We need to Work Together to find joint solutions that create effective border and immigration policies, not just to continue to push partisan agendas that we know will not succeed. I respectfully urge and noble from my colleagues, and i yield back. Ms. Delauro is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in strong support to mr. Price is amendment to block eight of the administrations misguidance and cool policies that are immigrants, refugees seeking to come to the United States. I would like to comment briefly on the remain in mexico policy. This january i visited the camp where several of the members in this room. And i left heartbroken with serious concerns about the safety and health of those who are essentially trapped there. Particularly children. We encountered critically ill children and adults who have been denied entry, standing on the bridge our help. Between myself, mrs. Captor, and others, we we watched us with your child in need of a heart surgery and her family across the bridge demanding the case be reconsidered. She had family in philadelphia, the doctors were ready to perform the surgery. And while we were successful and this goes able to get the medical care she needed that had been waiting in philadelphia, it should have taken five members of congress to secure her entry into the United States. And i shudder when i think of the days when members of congress are not there to help, and we know there are individuals and children just as sick. And now in the face of a Global Pandemic the reports are heartbreaking. What did we see when we were there . We saw people sleeping on the ground. We saw those who had a tent come in the stands and what we found out was that at night mothers locked their kids and sipped their kids in the tent and they wait outside all night long because theyre fearful of the danger that might be brought on their kids. Saw people base in the rio grande. They limited healthcare. Remain in mexico policy is a policy of out of sight out of mind, and it is time to shine a light on u. S. Policy. The npp program is cruel, it is inhumane. We are better than this. And while u. S. , United States federal government takes no responsibility and mexico takes no responsibility, the u. S. Congress should take responsibility. This president and Stephen Miller are to blame. This amendment blocks implementation of these cruel and inhumane policies, and i urge my colleagues to support it, and yield back the balance of my time. Ms. Granger is recognize. Thank you, madam chair. I oppose the gentlemans amendment. This amendment effectively seeks to cut all federal funding from every immigration related policy. Policy. This administration is supplemented. But i also prohibit that it prohibits i. C. E. Or excluding many immigration laws presently on the books. Congress does need to come together to review our immigration laws with input and consensus from all sides. This amendment is far from that. It draws hardline that abolishing immigration laws currently in place. There are important issues that should be considered and drafted by the authorizing committees, not this committee today. I urge and noble on this amendment. I thank you and i yield back. Are there any other members wishing to be heard on the amendment . If there is no further debate, a member from North Carolina is recognize on the amendment for one minute to close. Madam chair, the main argument against this amendment teens to be that i am somehow engaging in partisan rhetoric. I dont think im a member known for his partisan rhetoric, but that charge does lead me to ask the question, is there nothing, is a nothing worth raising your voice about . This administrations immigration policy. And also what about finding this as metapartisanship . These policies have not been republican policies until this president came along. I dont ever remember anyone defending today are really not very, to hear the fence of this virtual shutting off of our country to refugees. The seekers of asylum, to these indiscriminate enforcement raids, to this cruel remain in mexico policy. I dont hear defenses of that. And if thats the new partisan reality, and i guess thats what we did it with, what i would hope not. I would hope not. I would hope that we wont he waved off by charges of partisanship, that would look at this on its merits and we look at an inherent administration of what it is and we can do it again on this committee to deny funding for policies that most certainly should be denied. I ask for a vote for the amendment. Questions on the amendment offered by the member from North Carolina. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the amendment is adopted. [inaudible] roll call. Okay. I recorded what is the requested all those in favor of a recorded vote raise your hand. A sufficient number being in support, a recorded vote is ordered. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] does any member wish to record their vote or change their vote . The clerk will a tally. Mr. Graves . Now. Mr. Graves, no. The clerk will tally. On this vote the ayes are 30. The nays are 22. The amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member from taxes rise . From texas rise, mr. Cuellar . [inaudible] the clerk will read the amendment. Which number is that . That is mr. Cuellar number one. Is that it . Yes. Amendment built also by mr. Cuellar of texas mr. Newhouse of washington, cuellar number one. The clerk were read the amendment. I ask that we dispense with the reading. Without objection the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. The member from texas is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Thank you, madam chair. Members, i would like to direct your attention to december 2019 where we voted on representative modernization bill. Where every Single Member of the democratic side voted for this provision. I emphasized every Single Member of the democratic side voted for this provision on the visa. Now, there are some provisions that as a ghost of the process and im not going ask for a record voting after passage of this, that i will work with Zoe Lofgren Office to work with some of the provisions in but this is basically the same thing. What i would ask is you consider this visa basically this are jobs that are difficult. My parents were migrant workers, and first i will say give the job to an american, do that job at a summit doesnt want to do it, then we have to have some guestworkers that will come in to do it. So i i would ask members to consider this amendment, and ask you to work with me as a go through the process and making sure that we have a balance between the unions and the employers to get to this point put out ask you to support this cuellar number one minute. With that mr. Newhouse, the cosponsor is recognize. Thank you, madam chair. I appreciate that. Also want to thank come take an opportunity to thank subcommittee chair chairwoman roybalallard as well as Ranking Member fleischmann for tremendous work on this ill that we have before us today. So mr. Cuellar and ive done this before. With introduce this amendment i think three times over the last few years and each time we as a committee have passed this amendment by voice and help today we can do the same thing. Our nations farmers and ranchers work hard every single day to ensure that all of us have a safe and nutritious food supply. I have always said that. Farmworkers are essential workers, and that is truer today than ever. Agriculture is essential. Farmers and farm workers work very hard to ensure that our Grocery Stores are start with the food that we need to sustain ourselves and our families here in this country and around the world. Certainly through this pandemic Many Industries have been literally turned upside down. Agriculture has not escaped these challenges that we see. As we move through this time, farmers and ranchers are doing what theyve always done. They adapt, the end of to produce the food that Many Americans rank up until now have largely taken for granted. Im here to tell you that without a reliable and legal workforce, agriculture cannot continue to produce the food necessary to protect our security. So as you just heard from mr. Cuellar, to that point this amendment is simple. It clarifies all of agriculture may use the important visa program known as h2a with modern agriculture techniques and investment of technology the season at least they used to define agriculture really no longer exists. As more and more Fresh Produce is produced in different ways, can harvest occur on a yearround basis. More specifically many of you have seen the dairy industry this would allow the important very industry to be able to access this program as those other segments of agriculture. This amendment will frankly not course for as we need to but its a commonsense, bipartisan bipartisan measure that will simply ensure as i said all of agriculture to be able to utilize the h2a program. As you heard from mr. Cuellar last year, many of us in this room supported reform effort were talking about through the farm work modernization. This amendment was a central provision of that bill and its become even more necessary now as we were to ensure that all of us continue to have enough food to feed their families throughout this pandemic. Our nation, our industry relies on a strong legal workforce, and i urge my colleagues to once again support this amendment. Thank you, madam chair, and i yield back. Ms. Roybalallard is recognize. Madam chair, i am in opposition to the amendment. While it am sympathetic to the gel to mens attempt to solve a real problem facing the constituents, i do not believe this funding bill is appropriate place to do that gentleman. Dip. Theres a number of equities and need to be carefully balanced in resolving this problem. That work should be left in the hands of the authorizing committee. I urge opposition to the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. If there is no further debate, the member from texas is recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. Again, i appreciate this bipartisan work with mr. Newhouse again, members i emphasized december 2019, 260 members voted in favor which means democrats and republicans voted in favor against 165. Every single democrat in this realm voted in favor. There were only three democrats that are not in the appropriations voted yes try to ask you to please consider this. I will continue working with employers and with the unions to get to this, but this is important make this Program Available for yearround agriculture work. Again, food doesnt just magically appear on the table. Somebody has to put the hard work. With that i yield back. Amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member from new york rise . I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk will read the amendment. I asked universe consent to dispense with the reading. The reading of the amendment is dispensed with. First, allow me to add to the gratitude and appreciation shown for our chairwoman and my fellow delegation member from my home state of new york. I just want to say thank you for your years of effort to make new york and our country a better place for so many. You have been such a diplomatic, compassionate and effective leader and i want to thank you for always being willing to listen and share your opinion and share your advice with so many of us. When i was a freshman in congress i remember coming here and thinking when i grow up i want to be a congresswoman just like need a lowey and you truly exemplify what a true leader is in that you not only say and do the right thing in front of people but also when no one else is watching so thank you so much. Thank you, madam chair. My amendment would make available the unused family sponsored and employment sponsored visas and diversity visas for fiscal year 20212022. Im happy to represent one of the most ethnically diverse regions, queens, new york, a place where immigrant communities thrive. Many heard about l hurst hospital in my district. When elmhurst became the nexus of the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. This is an area where more than 125 different languages and dialects are spoken and many essential workers call home. Many immigrants in my district and parts of new york city and across the country are essential workers which immigrants work has always been essential even before this pandemic. This pandemic has underscored the contributions immigrants bring especially those who provide essential services across a variety of industry. Healthcare, janitorial work, First Responders, transportation, food, agriculture, supermarkets and many others. The immigrants bring to the us value that is remarkable. The multicultural nation that we see today is in part due to our current familybased and employment sponsored immigration system. The diversity visa program. Over the last few decades the vast majority of immigrants coming to the us through these means are underrepresented people of color. To assure diversely in the immigration System Congress rightly created the diversity visa program, a program that cultivates immeasurable goodwill within the global community. The immigration and nationality act creates a clear statutory framework with the issuance and allocation of familybased and employmentbased green cards. Specifically it allocates 486 visas for a family sponsored categories, 140,000 visas for employment sponsored categories, 55,000 for diversity visas. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and curtailing of immigration operations abroad, and at us cis, only a fraction of these visa allocations is the more will be used by the end of our current fiscal year. Coronavirus is exacerbating an already lengthy process for immigrants. I have constituents who have waited a decade for employment sponsored visas to be available. They cannot accept work promotions or accept any job offers. Other constituents with children were going to age out because they were waiting for family sponsored visas to be available. Consequently these children may have to start a whole new immigration application and go through another lengthy process while being separated from their families. Our current Us Immigration policy governing permanent immigration emphasizes principles of family reunification, immigration of persons with needed skills and country of origin diversity. It is critical that we preserve these principles, failure to do so would undermine the central moral tenants of familybased immigration and limit diversity among new immigrants as well as limits and growth a economy and i urge the adoption of this amendment. Ms. Roybalallard. I support this amendment. The Global Pandemic has required many sacrifices. We could argue whether the administration should have reduced issuance of diversity, family and employmentbased visas as part of its response. This amendment does not increase the number of immigrant visas beyond what is contemplated in current law. It provides the authority to show any unused visas can be issued in fy 21 if they are not issued this year. This is a common sense and pragmatic amendment to avoid a facet for this health crisis. I urge support for the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. If there is no further debate the member from new york is recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. I will note that our country prides itself as a nation of immigrants, diversity and policies to preserve family unification. This pandemic is uprooted every facet of our nation and everyones lives. It has complicated and unlikely immigration process, let us make it right. I urge our colleagues for this amendment. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from new york. Those opposed say no. The eyes have it in the amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the purpose from maine rise. Amendment at the desk. Clerk will read the amendment. Decreased the first dollar amount. Reading be dispensed with. Without objection, reading of the amendment is dispensed with. The member from maine is recognized on the amendment. The Ranking Member for the hard work they did on this often very difficult Committee Work and i appreciate that. I am pleased to offer this amendment with congressman remdesafir cuellar, that the committee adopted last year, the same as current law included in the consolidated appropriations bill, to be visas involves american seasonal businesses in my home state of maine, certified source of labor to meet the season. Went to mystic local workers are often not available. You might wonder why we are offering an amendment at a time of high unemployment. We dont know what the economy will be like in 2021, we should help with the recovery. My home state of maine we depend on tourism, businesses must hire for the peak season, its main seasonal businesses hire local American Workers, i know they would but experience shows they are not always available for seasonal jobs. Economic recovery of regions the rely on seasonal businesses like my district depend on availability of workers. For Coastal Hotel or restaurant it will not fully operate and serve customers if it doesnt hurt staff. It hurts many Small Business workers and American Workers. Lets not tie their hands. To be clear the amendment requires that a permit of Homeland Security to make a, quote, determination that the needs of american businesses cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2021 if United States workers were willing, qualified and able to perform agricultural labor, the amendment allows for an assessment whether additional temporary foreign work visas i needed. We cannot predict what the economy will be like next year and of course we are hoping to be back to normal. If the economy is good enough and determine additional workers are needed more visas will be available but if not they wont so the amendment does not make new policy but extends current law. We agree reforms are needed for the h 2 b program. I support the work of the Judiciary Committee in this regard so the appropriate Appropriations Committee does not have to deal with this anymore but their work was curtailed by the pandemic so until that gets done it is prudent to attend to this patch. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and yield back. Im pleased to yield to doctor harris, the cosponsor. I would echo the comment of the gentle lady from maine. This is not conscripted language, it just says they may increase the total number of aliens who may receive a visa, we dont know what the economy will look like next summer or when these workers are needed and this would allow we can see those jobs because of skills or availability with temporary American Workers and temporary foreign workers, especially seafood processing involves a skill. Not something you can just step into and do, that industries being harmed at a time we shouldnt be harming any industry in the economy, the nonprescriptive language, and yield back. Mister cuellar is recognized. I also want to thank mister harris, working together. We gave the authority to limit the number of additional h 2 b visas in fiscal year 2021. This is an original question for a lot of us. I have folks affected, we have done this before. Asking for a voice vote on this, on this particular amendment. I yield back. Chairman roybalallard is recognized. Madam chair, i proposed this amendment, this issue is not appropriate for a funding bill that should be addressed by the authorizing committee. I ask a no vote. Thank you for recognizing me. I want to thank mister cuellar, doctor harris and i represent a seafood industry and we have been working on this for a time. What we are talking about, jobs, americans wont do because of the seasonality of their work, remote location, the arduous nature and countless Business People in my district depend on these workers especially in the crabing industry. The department of Homeland Security recognizes fisheries and Seafood Processors are essential and could infrastructure workers maintaining domestic seafood chain during this worldwide pandemic. And maryland alone the seafood industry is 600 million in the economy. Asked doctor harris. It is unquestionably the best, accept nothing less than your crabcakes. The requirements to participate, that was a joke, it is rigid. Employers fill out lengthy paperwork and pay a prevailing wage. These requirements in place, it does not depress wages, Employment Opportunities for us workers, Business Owners told me they wish they were able to find Domestic Labor consistently unable to do so. The visa program is used as a last resort that in no way undercuts American Workers. The chamber of commerce has calculated the h2 b Program Rates over 4. 5 upstream or downstream jobs for americans. These employers simply need workers. Instead of hiring undocumented immigrants, for doing the right thing, going through the grinding h2 b process, it is a probusiness progrowth amendment and i yield back. If there is no the gentleman is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. This is related but not specific to it. I want to raise a point of concern. Im in the midst of fighting big business in nebraska, would like to have us crowd out teenage Employment Opportunity with temporary labor coming from other places. They find it cheaper, we are delicate as we approach this. Once we institutionalize this it becomes an institution, to determine whether or not these jobs americans could have particularly young people, i raise the point of concern. If there is no further debate, the member from maine is recognized. I understand your concerns, judging from experience in my home state of maine, seasonal jobs were something filled by teenagers and College Students this is a strange summer, cant even figure out how things happened but one of the Biggest Challenges is for most College Student today and teenagers who go back to school, business has to operate in the fall and that creates an ongoing problem. I thank my colleagues are speaking in favor of this, i hope you are all able to be supportive of it. I dont want to cause any controversy, we have maine versus maryland crab tasting just to see. I appreciate the support for this and yield back. The member from maine, all those in favor say aye, those opposed say no. The eyes have it in the amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member from new jersey rise. The reading to be dispensed with. The clerk will read, without objection the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Amendment from new jersey is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Thank you, madam chair. Local budgets across the country have been devastated by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. With the effects of recent natural disasters, i offer this amendment to cancel all outstanding fema Community Disaster loans, now is not the time to repay these loans, they are struggling to revive basic services. In communities in the home state of new jersey affected by sandy, super storm sandy, but also those affected by other natural desires as in recent years across the country including texas, florida, nebraska, mississippi. But Us Virgin Islands and communities in puerto rico received extremely restrictive terms in the aftermath of hurricanes irma and maria. The Tourism Industry devastated, we provide this relief so communities can have the certainty they need to prioritize basic services for their services. I think chairwoman roybalallard and her staff for their collaboration on this important issue and i ask for the committees support on the amendments. I yield back. Miss roybalallard is recognized. I support this amendment which would provide relief to communities across the country that are facing two fiscal calamities. The fiscal cliff they are facing as a result of the pandemic. I appreciate doctor coleman introducing the amendment while the new jersey delegation has taken the lead on this matter it will assist communities across the country. I urge support for the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. Mister fleishman is recognized. I have concerns about this amendment though i certainly empathize with the situations each of these localities find themselves in. Even in these unprecedented times we cant create incentives for communities to take out each government loans with no intention of ever paying them back. Some of these loans are over 15 years old and inability for localities, states and territories to pay them back are clearly not borne solely by the recent pandemic. Furthermore, we are already in the midst of the 2020 Hurricane Season and this amendment essentially create an openended loan in this period through the entirety of what is expected to be an above average Hurricane Season. For these reasons i think this amendment could use more refining before inclusion in this bill to address these concerns. A no vote for my colleagues, i thank you and yield back. If there is no further debate the membership from new jersey is recognized for one minute to close. In closing this amendment is critical to helping local communities that have been affected by two or more disasters. I hope my colleagues support this amendment recognizing the pandemic we are now experiencing as resource reductions, they support this, i urge your yes vote and i yield back. The member from new jersey, all those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. The opinion of the chair the eyes have it in the amendment is adopted. What purpose does the member from illinois rise, mister quigley. Without objection the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. This program has become operational, with this amendment and never will. In chicago ices office of removal operations recently announced six Week Citizens Academy Pilot Program in Immigration Enforcement that will begin in september. This intends to train everyday citizens on how to arrest and detain immigrants and includes courses on defense tactics, firearms instruction, targeted arrests which ice made explicit, cannot be understood as a program for citizens to learn about. It perpetuates a cultural fear and discrimination, for racial profiling in your community. It is not the writer civilians to carry out Immigration Enforcement in this country regardless of how one feels about the immigration policy, im deeply opposed personally. Federal Law Enforcement doesnt build up a police force in power to treat neighbors with suspicion. Under this administration, simply lost the benefit of the doubt, the trust of the American People altogether. Sent a letter to the chairs, for funds in the department of security, that reason i urge a yes vote. I support this amendment. Without additional information, including impact on resources, curriculum and course content and what activity students will be engaged in i cannot support this program. Initiating new Pilot Programs like this should first be discussed with congress and it should be made clear, for this program what it would mean for participants. I have concerns whether the information that will be conveyed is appropriately balanced. I support this amendment and yield the balance of my time. I rise in opposition, my friend from chicago is connected to his community and an outstanding advocate for his community. However i think we are being too quick to judge this initiative. The fbi successfully operated a Citizen Academy program in many cities across the country for years welcoming people from a variety of sectors across the communities, a new endeavor for ice at the local level in chicago and modeled for the fbi Citizen Academy program, and quick to condemn the classes even before the first meeting to find out what is covered. More often, ice does not communicate with communities where they work. I find this idea to be a step in the right direction. I urge a no vote for my colleagues. If there is no further debate the member from illinois is recognized for one minute to close. The Ranking Member is right. If done right, citizens academys can be productive, in the best Case Scenario in this situation, this was not thought out. The worstCase Scenario they were caught speaking especially during the pandemic do we want the uncertainty of Going Forward with the program like this with little or no information i believe not and encourage a yes vote. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from illinois. All those in favor say aye, those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the eyes have it, the amendment is adopted. What purpose does the member from texas rise, mister cuellar. I have amendment on the desk. Clerk will read the amendment. Without objection the routing of the amendment is dispensed with. This particular amendment deals with an Agreement Congress and ice should have for many is dealing with private immigration bills. What this does is make sure congress has adequate time to consider private immigration bills. It has been a longstanding agreement they would deaver the removal of a private bill beneficiary if a chair of the Judiciary Committee whether a democrat or Republican Debate on a letter or requests an investigative report on the beneficiary. This agreement, affect the merits of any bill, all it does is allow congress to have sufficient time to consider in a consensus in a bipartisan way and act by the legislation. Since 2007 there has been only four immigration bills the past. Ask that they give us the time for so many years, this policy change in 2017 when ice changed the longstanding Agreement Regarding the removal of a private bill benefit ceremony where they said that instead of giving congress what they had for years, march 15th, the next congress, basically Gave Congress six months with the possibility of a 90 day extension. Past an appropriation by september 30th, that is in 9 months, it is hard to do. Give congress sufficient time to consider a bill. Doesnt affect the merit of anything, just deals with giving us enough time to consider a private bill and of congress decides to do it we move forward on that. With that i yield back the balance of my time. Mister fleishman is recognized. Miss roybalallard is recognized. I support this amendment. I understand the gentleman from text is offering this amendment at the urging of the chairwoman of the judiciary subcommittee on immigration. Prior to this administration a longstanding bipartisan agreement was in place with ice to temporarily refer removal of an individual to ensure that congress has time to consider private legislation in those few instances that warrant such action. This decadesold agreement was working well until this administration unilaterally struck it without Consulting Congress were taking into consideration the lengthy process for passing private bills. This amendment simply reinstates the decades long bipartisan and disciplined process that had been in effect for years. I urge support for the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. Mister fleishman is recognized. I rise in opposition to my friends amendment, gentleman from texas, this amendment would mandate that ice issue a stay of removal for alien beneficiaries of private immigration bills regardless of whether congress has the intent to act on the underlying private bill. Prior to mid 2017, dhs granted stay of removal from private bill beneficiaries of the chair of the Judiciary Committee requested one. That would remain in effect until march of the next congress. The result of such a policy was that foreign nationals in removal proceedings would get a continuously renewed defect illegal status if they could simply get a senator to introduce a private bill on their behalf. In 2017 ice changed its policy that a request from the judiciary chair for stay of removal for a private bill beneficiary could result only in a 90 day stay with a possibility of a one time 90 day extension. Current policy ensures congress feels the chance to act on a private bill as opposed to obtaining a stay for the beneficiary without any intent of removing the bill, private immigration bill process has had a tarnished pass. It was abused to carry political favors, the most infamous case aimed came to life in 1980. Our house Judiciary Committee, are to be commended for their longstanding, aimed at the private immigration bill process. Taking the discretion of ice, not the right path. The future administration trying to enforce immigration law. Current policy is reasonable and provides ample time to remove a private bill. This would roll back dhs discretion by the private bill process. I urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back. If there is no further debate. Mister cole is recognized. I want to share a personal experience that only happened once in my career. When elected in 2002, ongoing case that former congressman jc watts were dealing with and working it for about a year and involved a young lady from the wartorn area of bosnia, and American Service family when they were in germany. It took a long time to bring her into the United States and asked me when i got elected if i would take the case. Senator nichols was working in the United States. It took a year to get it done but we did get it done and they are very rare but they are very useful. I never had more grateful constituents or people and this was a young lady, wouldve literally returned to a war zone, they had been killed in a war and the Service Person had taken pity on her and wanted to bring it to america and given another chance. The second point i would make, at some level this is an article 1 kind of issue. This is a rare congressional tool. I dont think it ought to be at the mercy of bureaucratic decision, i normally vote with my friend in the distant list Ranking Member, just because of personal experience it is important to preserve this option for all members to use when they think it is appropriate. Any power can be abused but in this day and age people are not likely to do this unless there are certain they are doing the right thing. Important tool, i commend my friend for trying to preserve it for all of us to use on the rare occasion it might be necessary. I yield back. Member from texas recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. Thank you. I want to thank the chairwoman and representative laughlin for bringing this to our attention. My good friend from oklahoma is right, this is used very rarely. Since 2007 only four private bills since 2007, this is something, there will be cases that are extreme circumstances, if it is not done, we go back to the agreement, we had a bipartisan agreement to give congress enough time to see a consensus, this doesnt affect the narrative, give us the time to consider what youve done for so many years, they are rarely used. I say thank you so much. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from texas. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the eyes have it in the amendment is adopted. For what purpose does the member from california rise . I have an amendment at the desk and i request the reading be dispensed with. Clerk will read the amendment. Request that it be dispensed with. Without objection the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. The member from california is recognized for five minutes. This wont take a lot of time and appreciate your indulgence. In the wake of the murders of george floyd and Breanna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks thousands of protesters have demanded change but we also witness these protesters being hit with teargas calendars, rental cars and pelted with rubber pellets at the hands of some Law Enforcement agencies that had sworn to protect them. The vast Majority Police officers working hard to safely and easily serve their communities but the over militarization of Law Enforcement agencies may contribute to dangerous escalation in violence. Thats why i am offering this amendment to increase transparency in the way Law Enforcement agencies spend our federal tax dollars granted by fema by requiring fema merely brief congress on how such funding from state Homeland Security Grant Program, urban area Security Initiative goes toward purchasing military grade equipment. Asking for a briefing within the report, this is an line with the mission of the George Floyd Justice and policing act and reduce Police Violence by increasing accountability. I urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment so the committee can be part of the solution to the problem which is gone on for too long. I yield back. Madam chair, i support the amendment. This amendment addresses a concern that was recently raised with the committee. Whether fema grant funds are used to procure military grade equipment and whether that is appropriate. This requires fema to brief the committee to gather more information on the issue. I urge support for the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. Mister fleishman is recognized. I rise in operation, opposition. Many First Responders in this country are vastly underfunded. Ive had this discussion with sheriffs, chief of police, many have access to equipment the military can provide. The sh sgp Grant Programs allow for funds to be used for these amendments. This amendment tries to convey that localities cant use these grants or shouldnt. If we make the wasteland misguided decision to deter local governments from useful equipment, they take away from their ability to protect their communities. For this reason i urge a no vote. I yield back. If there is no further debate the member from california is recognized on the amendment, one minute to close. Ask for and i vote. Yield back. This was on the amendment offered by the member from california. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. The eyes have it in the amendment is adopted. Is there any further amendment for discussion . Seeing i recognize the gentlewoman from ohio for a motion and ask your support for this bill. Chairwoman im urge to favorably report the development of Homeland Security appropriations act to the house. The question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed now. The eyes have it. A recorded vote has been requested. All those in favor of recorded vote raise your hands. Being in support or recorded vote the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] how did you vote . You were not on camera . Mister carter, no. [roll vote] you are not recorded. [roll call vote] what time are we supposed to be out of here . We have one more bill. I should should i say it now . Ladies and gentlemen, my friends. I made the decision to keep working until we finish today. My recommendation is to step out and eat during Financial Service remarks. If you need to, if you are hungry but i think we can finish before 3 00 if we keep pushing, thank you for cooperation, enjoy your lunch wherever you can get it and come back, we are going to keep going. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, my friend. I didnt hear you. On this vote, the eyes are 30, nos 22, the motion is agreed to and i ask unanimous consent that the staff be permitted to make technical and performing changes to the bill and report just approved, seeing no objection, so ordered. 3 days. 3 days time. 5 minutes to go to the restroom. Mrs. Lewis. Turn off the mic. [inaudible conversations] which bill . We just voted on it. [inaudible conversations] hello . [inaudible conversations] by the way, you got an extra vote. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your discussion outside. I need you here. Our second order of Business Today, the Financial Services and general appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will recognize mister quigley to present the bill. The committee will mark up the 50 year, 2021 Financial Services and general government bill. Before i begin i would like to start by thanking staff for hard work on drafting this bill, my personal office includes bridges and the Committee Staff on the majority staff includes marybeth, elliott and parker. The minority, john martins. I would also like to thank my friend and colleague, mister graves, for his collaboration through this process. I appreciate his partnership in developing the best possible bill. When he was chairman he was kind and helpful and i will always appreciate that. I wish him the best of luck on future endeavors. I would also like to thank chairwoman lowey who i have had the pleasure to serve the for her tremendous leadership and stewardship of this committee and i extend my thanks to Ranking Member granger as well. Last but not least, i think Mister Serrano for all his work and wish him luck in his retirement. Turning to the bill i will be brief because i know it has been a long week and there are planes out there. The bill includes 24. 6 billion in discretionary funding. This is an increase of 8. 808 million above fiscal year 2020. The additions this amount included 67 billion in emergency funding for broadband, federal buildings and land ports of entry across the nation, the bill includes 12. 1 billion for the irs. The count has long been underfunded and with this important investment we will support robust enforcement activities and improve taxpayer customer experience. Im pleased to reduce funding, important programs like cdf is, the bill restores critical funding for the intensity, high intensity drug and trafficking areas. Importantly the bill includes 7. For the judicial branch. In fiscal year 2020, to fund protective services and physical security needs, with continued operations of the federal judiciary. The bill increases funding for agencies that protect every day consumers and retail investors. The Consumer Product safety commission, federal trade commission and security and exchange commission. The bill includes harmful policy writers including many that dictate through the district of columbia how to manage its own affairs or spend its own money. Finally i would like to highlight an issue that hasnt been a priority of mine including funding for the Election Assistance Commission and specifically Fund Election security grants. The bill includes 500 million for Election Security grants which are awarded to help acquire resources and equipment to conduct safe and secure elections. It is important to provide recurring funds for Election Security to allow states to be forwardlooking in their planning. In closing this billing proves Economic Security of communities across the country, bettors the lives of the American Public, whether improving their tax filing experience, protecting financial investments, promoting Small Business creation, combating Drug Trafficking and much more. As we wait for the chairwoman to come back, i will tell my colleagues on the republican side what i said to my democratic colleagues, we often talk at length about the bill, if that is good for you please go ahead. If it is important to you please go ahead, staff informed me they see no desire i feel the same way. If you love the bill i feel your love. If you dont feel the love i feel that too and i dont know we need to share that with the American Public as we are moving forward today. [applause] i want to thank the chairwoman and i yield back. I recognize the subcommittee Ranking Member mister graves. Thank you, chairman quigley. I had a nice little Farewell Speech planned. Without being with each of you in person, you all just to share from the house floor later on. As my professional family, what an honor it has been to serve on this committee with each of you. The only Standing Committee i ever served on and the funny thing is i never wanted to be an appropriate or. I still clearly remember asking for a different committee. He slowly unveiled his cigarette smoke and informed me that i was wrong and i did in fact want to be an appropriate or and he was right. Now i cant imagine serving on any other committee anywhere else. I was put on this committee as part of a wave of conservatives elected to congress in 2010 and i was supposed to be that ultra partisan guy but Something Else happened. Working here has taught me the value of the opposite. Who wouldve thought that he party guy from 2010 would be closing out his career working as derek kilmers vice chairman the nonpartisan modernization committee. Being a member of this committee has reinforced the value of working through differences together, the value of bipartisanship that while you may have disagreement over the color of the paint on the wall you dont have to destroy the entire room. I only have a few months left in congress to be with individuals like chair lowey and Mister Serrano and mister hurt, it is a gift. I say that because together we get to leave with something i hope you get to return to very soon and that is the memory of the way it was. This time of year our committee is usually full of tightly packed tables in a room, tightly packed room, cramped and busy and chaotic, conversations are close, food and drink i passed around and shared among one another and spirited debate, all of this in full view of miss loweys warm smile. So many fond memories of our Work Together come from, our windows, our losses, we are all together. It was during those moments that Sanford Bishop taught me how to be a subcommittee chairman serving the entire committee not just the majority side. After a few missteps, certainly made me better. So thank you. After going a few rounds with mike quigley, a fierce defender of his position we always took time to shake hands and recognize each others work and perspective because we respected one another. He and i have seen both sides. I was once chair and he was Ranking Member and for those who havent figured it out it is greener on the other side of the fence. Thank you for your kind work and your kind works earlier. I share these moments with you because it is important to remember what makes this Committee Work so effectively. Even as we are physically separated we cant lose sight of relationships in connection with each other that make our time here in congress worthwhile. I certainly hope whoever joins the committee after i leave will have the same experiences i did. One of congeniality, spirited debate, bipartisan friends, friends who arent afraid to tell you when you can do a little bit better. Thank you all for an amazing decade. It is the honor of my life and i look forward to being with you again soon. I almost forgot one last thing. I have to oppose the bill. With that i yield back. Shocking. I would now like to recognize myself for opening remarks. First of all i congratulate chairman quigley and Ranking Member graves. I do wish you, Ranking Member graves, good luck in future endeavors and i hope there is good health to all members of your family and i do remember a changing point and i tapped you on the shoulder about supporting must of what we are doing some of the time. But you really have been a good member and we have had some good discussions, good luck to you and your family. My friends, this is a good bill that supports hardworking families, Small Businesses and the integrity and security of our elections. I know chairman quigley wont be offended if i keep these remarks brief so i simply urge you to support this solid bill. I would like to recognize Ranking Member granger for her opening remarks. Pardon me. Thank you, chairman lowey was i want to recognize chairman quigley and Ranking Member graves for their work on putting this bill together and thank tom for his service to the house for the select committee on modernization of congress. The bill includes many priorities for members on both sides of the aisle such as support for Small Businesses, drug control programs and funding for counterterrorism and Financial Intelligence efforts. I am concerned there are several controversial items that prohibit funds for the border wall, interfere with efforts to improve the function of our markets, to provide capital to Small Businesses and limit Educational Opportunities for lowincome students in the district of columbia. The bill includes more than 67 billion in emergency infrastructure spending, almot three times the amount of the entire bill. This is supposed been annual appropriations measure, not a longterm economic stimulus bill. I would also like to point out it seems shortsighted to provide billions of dollars to renovate federal buildings in courthouses while many of them sit vacant or below capacity. Its its employees are teleworkg and social distancing. We should use this opportunity to evaluate this experience and see how teleworking can be used to reduce costs and improve federal workforce productivity Going Forward. I appreciate the chairwoman lowy is leading the committee to complete fiscal year 2021 appropriations process during this unprecedented time. However, in order for work to be meaningful and produce bills that can be signed into law many issues are going to have to be addressed. I look for to continue to Work Together to improve this bill as the process moves forward. In closing i would like to thank all of the subCommittee Members and staff. Thank you, madam chair. I yield back. Mr. Rogers is recognize. I wanted to say a special thanks to chairman quigley for the war on drugs provisions in his bill, which is certainly welcomed. As you know, many of you know, my district was ground zero for the Opioid Crisis beginning in n 2003, and from the start we advocated for a comprehensive approach to address the crisis. And so i started a group called unite, which stands for unlawful narcotics investigations, treatment, education. A threepronged comprehensive holistic approach to tackling this monster of a problem. Now as i said yesterday we are seeing a tremendous increase, a spike if you will, and the number of opioid Overdose Deaths in the last few weeks, which is an epidemic, continuation of the epidemic within the modern day coronavirus pandemic. And so, and this bill, im so glad to see you increased funding for drug courts. Drug courts work. They bring people in to be rehabilitated, and make them a new. If you have not been to one of the Graduation Services and drug court, i strongly urge you to go, have your ego satisfied that this is a good program. And im glad to see that you increased the funding. Since 1989 drug courts have provided countless addicted americans referral to treatment and a lifesaving alternative to incarceration. When we started unite in in 20, there were only five drug courts in my entire district. Today we have one in all 30 counties, and these volunteer judges are changing more lives than ever before. The recent rise in opioid Overdose Deaths is a painful reminder that this fight is not over either. We have a long road ahead of us. Strong funding for programs like drug courts, drugfree communities, high intensity Drug Trafficking areas in this bill will make a difference in this fight and save lives. Ive seen it happen on the ground in my district itself. The high intensity Drug Trafficking program what you see to increase, and i thank you for that, works because it gives us a chance to have cooperation between federal, state and local Law Enforcement, and treatment, and the whole program. And that program works. Then the drugfree communities program, which you increased, communitybased prevention initiatives. I emphasize the word community. Not federal, not state. Community where you draw people from all walks of life from your community addressing this problem headon. Thats how we got started with unite which now is a National Model and is the host of the annual opioid abuse summit. This coming year will be in nashville, tennessee. The last seven years, the president and his staff have attended. About 4000 people from every nook and cranny of the country attend that opioid summit which unite puts on, and its an amazing gathering of the people from all across the country, and the world, for that matter. Focused on fighting the drug problem. Finally, let me congratulate you, too, on the community develop Financial Institution fund which you see fit to increase. That program has worked in my district to promote Small Businesses growing, being formed and has helped economically developed in my region as nothing else really has. So i salute you for including that money into bill and increasing it. So, mr. Chairman, we hate to see you leave this place. You have been a great chairman of the subcommittee, and you would seen fit to delve into the details of what really works almost unlike any other chair. So i salute you for your work and wish you well in your next chapter. Yield back. First of all i want to thank you, chairman rogers, for your kind words. I have always enjoyed working with you. I have learned so much from you, and this is been a really great opportunity for us to Work Together and get to know each other. So thank you very, very much for your comments. With the chair yield . Of course. I recall when you first came to the house i had been her a little longer. I got here in january of 81. But i knew that you were destined for a great is because you were smart, you were friendly and easy to know, and chat with. And sure enough when you became a member of the committee, it was a great thing for the committee because youve been a very effective spokesman, not just for your district in your state but your country and this committee, which is often under siege. And youve been a great defender of this committee and a soldier in the effort to make it better. So i salute you and i wish you well. Thank you. I only wish i had my eight grandchildren tuned in to this show. [laughing] so maybe one or two. Thank you very much again for your friendship and your very, very generous comments. Ms. Lawrence is recognized thank you, madam chair. Two things i wanted to talk about related to this bill. One is on broadband. This funding measure also includes 61 billion to support the expansion of broadband to underserved areas. Many households in michigan across this country are both rural and urban, lack access to highspeed internet. My home state ranks 30th among states for broadband availability. And the lack of highspeed internet is being felt even more accurately, acutely than normal because of the virus. The lack of access, Internet Access can impact families ability to complete necessary tasks. I applaud the Community Leadership for prioritizing the expansion of broadband. On Postal Service, as a former postal manager i want to have judged by a 30 year career in the Postal Service, i want to thank the subcommittee for including language to maintain sixday delivery at a rate not less than the 1983 level. Also want to draw attention to the Financial Issues facing the Postal Service during this covid19 pandemic. Each day more than 600,000 ii want you to hear that number. 600,000 employees of the United States Postal Service has reported to work to ensure that critical medical supplies, stimulus checks and packages are delivered across the country, even as states shut down. I want to come in all of the heroic Postal Service employees who continue to fulfill their mission, even in the face of this Global Pandemic. My heart also breaks for the dozens of postal employees who have lost their life to this virus, and the more than 2000 that tested positive. This is no ordinary year for the Postal Service to millions of americans will receive census mailings and absentee ballots for the 2020 election. This body must ensure the United States Postal Service has the resources it needs to continue fulfilling its mission for the American People. I urge my colleagues to support this, and i yield back. Mr. Calvert is recognized. Thank you, madam chairman. I seek recognition to express the importance of something that we need to have serious consideration on here in congress, and thats reserving the reliability and accuracy of our gps system. Initiatives have come to my attention that affects every federal agency from the department of agriculture to transportation and certainly to the department of defense as well as every american. Recently as i believe most of you know the fcc voted to repurpose a portion of the airways adjacent to gps. We dealt with this issue ten ten years ago when testing revealed our gps system would be compromised, and yet here we are again dealing with the same issue. In its report order allowing for the sale of the spectrum to proceed, the fcc disregard the dod testing and ignored dot testing. Madam chair, this is a highly complex issue and i know there are good people on both sides of this issue. And in effort to obtain additional perspective i reached out to the Aerospace Corporation under the assessment of vast number of gps systems would be impacted. Data review even with very low power levels from a terrestrial system in the adjacent banned will degrade the functionality and performance of her sensitive equipment to receive and process gps systems. As the ranking of a defense appropriation, this does concern me greatly. Even the fcc a report and order conceits that the potential for harmful interference to some devices. Particularly High Precision devices. These High Precision receivers are the ones we are used by our farmers, our pilots on the planes you will fly on today, and, of course, our military. Every federal agency except the sec stands in opposition to this decision. Let me repeat that. Every federal agency except the fcc stands in opposition to this decision. And the appeals process is underway obvious and should be completed by the end of august at my concern is that the fcc will not heed the concerns voiced by the dod and others. Including the Aerospace Industries association, and the forward with the sale. We need a true independent third party to review all the testing and provide us with the truth. Sometime ago i listen to a Business Leader tell me theres too kind to decisions in life. The one you can walk through the door and you can change your mind and turn around and come back in. The other type of decision is you walk through that door and theres no coming back. And thats the decision we have before us on this. So madam chair, i think when we return in september we may need to include such provision in the continuing resolution to address this problem. If not, if its not resolved during the fcc appeals process. I appreciate your consideration. Thank you. Mr. Cuellar is recognized. Thank you, madam chair i just want to first of all safe thank you to the chairman mr. Quigley and mr. Graves also points of this that the couple points what we do. I want to say thank you to the money that is been given for the construction of federal courthouses. There are several courthouses that need to be constructed and i have one in my area. Its number one in caseload in the country but its on the list and we will continue working on that. I want to say thank you. I also want to thank them also for the might pick up on a port of entry. The port of entry handled over 80 of all the goods and people come into the United States pics of the money that is put there is going to be very important. So to the federal courthouses, to the port of entry, antisemites. With that i yield back the balance of my time. Is wasserman schultz. Thank you, madam chair. First i want to thank you, mr. Quigley, for the hard work that you have always put into this bill and your leadership. The bill funds critical domestic programs and safeguard our elections and protect consumers. I want to specifically focus on in the interest of brevity two items that are really important provisions and i appreciate particularly as a member of the House Committee on oversight and reform that the bill makes important strides to improve postal security. In october 2018 pathogens and ten packages in and secretary clinton. My District Office address this recall were listed as a return address for those packages. One explosive device was return to my District Office and it had to be detonated at the nearby stairwell. Likely the perpetrator was apprehended and no one was injured. I remain grateful to the fbi, local Law Enforcement and the u. S. Postal service with efforts to keep us safe. But this incident exposed potentially serious holes in the security of our postal system. For these reasons is the mandates the Postal Service provides this committed with a conference of report that will detail any new technologies, procedures or other proactive measures have been intimated by usps following the 20 tina becker the safety of our mail server is critical only for recipients but also for our mail carriers and workers who work so hard in post offices and Mail Processing centers and on our letter carriers. Im very glad if this bill includes 1. 3 billion to continue the safety Grant Program and the pool Safety Education and Awareness Campaign that the Consumer Product safety commission. Drowning insulin pools remains the number one killer of children under five through accidental death, and it is particularly disproportionally impacted, impactful for children of color. This program was created by my virginia our nations first Swimming Pool safety law. Ive advocated for pool safety laws for over two decades and it remains an issue of importance and near and due to my heart. Particularly as a member who represents the state of florida which obviously has swimming and pools yearround. Thank you so much, madam chair. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Aguilar is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I just wanted to take a moment to echo what my colleague mr. Calvert mentioned before. While we all see the expansion of the internet and want broadband in our communities, we also must ensure that new technologies dont disrupt the old technologies, that which we still rely on like gps. Gps plays a Critical Role in our National Security as a gentleman from california mentioned at the know ive been talking about this with mr. Ruppersberger as well, how it affects our economy and our Public Safety. Its my Hope Congress will take action to study this issue further and to make sure Gps Technology remains safe and effective. Thank you, madam chair. Yield back. Seeing no other members wishing to make opening remarks, i would like to recognize mr. Quigley to offer a managers amendment. Thank you, madam chair. I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk will be the amendment. Asked the reading be dispensed with. Without objection. A managers amendment includes technical corrections and noncontroversial changes worked out in consultation with Ranking Member grace. I ask for your support. Ranking member graves is recognized. Thank you, madam chair, and im pleased to voice my support for the managers amendment as well. As a chairman said its noncontroversial and it has been brought to us by members of both parties. By door to thank the chairman are working with me along with his staff. He has a great team and it is been very helpful as we put some labored in the managers amendment to address some issues weve heard about today, the development of secure promoting the use of Telecommunications Equipment by companies posing a nasa study risk, preventing cyber criminals from participating in u. S. Financial markets, increasing the use of secure Cloud Networks across the federal government, and promoting better Security Standards and guidance for the iot devices that we use on a daily basis. If i could take a moment i would like to step back and thank chairwoman roybalallard and Ranking Member fleischmann for the work with me and our folks on the Homeland Security bill. And the managers amendment. We did have language thats very important but i wanted to highlight quickly and it would establish cybersecurity Advisory Committee. This is language they adopted or accepted late yesterday and im grateful for that because the Advisory Committee would be local professionals and they would be consulted with the directive cybersecurity and infrastructure, that agency, and the department of Homeland Security. Its important, madam chair, you recognize we use every tool in our toolbox as we move ahead. Lastly, on that point, to each of you, i encourage you to carve out a serious part of your officer cybersecurity as a portfolio. [inaudible] and make sure america leads the world. We are under attack and so this committee plays a grateful so thank you, madam chair. I urge a yes vote. Are there any other members who wish to be heard on the transects . I recognize mr. Quigley for one minute to close. I want to thank mr. Graves and the staff and our staff for the help on this and i urge your support. The questions on the amendment for all those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it in the amendment is adopted. Are there any further amendment amendments . For what purpose does the member from alabama rise, mr. Allan holt . Madam chair, i ask for consideration of my amendment, number one. The clerk read the amendment. Asked that the reading be suspended. Without objection the reading of the amendment is suspense twist. The member from alabama is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Madam chair, i hope for this amendment this morning with the intention of reinstating the article one of u. S. Constitution says Congress Holds complete legislative authority over the district of columbia, columbia, and i quote, exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever. That is why the entire budget for d. C. , including revenues generated by local sources must be appropriated by congress through this annual appropriations process. Therefore, congress bears the constitutional responsibility for the use of all these funds. Limiting the abortion funding prohibition the federal funds results in and no limitations n the use of d. C. Revenues for abortions, and gives the district of columbia that go head to use locally generated funds to pay for abortions on demand. The last time that the d. C. Hyde amendment was removed from the district of Columbia Force taxpayers to pay for 300 abortions at a cost of 185,000, according to the citys own records. I know my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will denounce this amendment as an attack on Womens Health, but bi dont think most americans see abortion as healthcare. Our nation should invest in Womens Health but not in abortion. So with that, madam chair, i urge support of this amendment and i yield back. Mr. Quigley is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by mr. Aderholt. My response begins with just because you can doesnt mean you should. Once again my colleagues on the other side are trying to restrict a d. C. Uses its locally raised funds. In this instance the amendment would block the use of local funds for Abortion Services. Widgets you disagree with the current language in the bill would not affect the current ban on federal dollars being used or the services here regardless of how you feel about the issue, those of us here on the hill shouldnt be allowed to deny a womans access to one or coverage is because of where she lives, works, or is injured. Every other state has a right to use its local funds as it sees fit. The reality is by banning public funds for Abortion Services we are in effect banning access to those legal and constitutional protected services. Choices at the heart of issue but is not the choice for us to make. Its a choice for a woman and their fans, come a choice betwn women and their doctors. The duly elected local officials of the district of columbia oppose this amendment. If they want to support its prohibition they could pass it. They have not. For these reasons i must oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you, madam chair. I yield back. Mr. Graves is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I want to thank the chairman from alabama for his commitment to the defense of innocent life. Born and unborn. Hes had a longstanding history of standing up for the lives, and so i share sentiments, support is amendment and support the longstanding tradition of this committee that is been supported in a bipartisan fashion for years to restore with that, i yield back. Ms. Frankel is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. Well, here we go again. Another which way to block womens access to legal abortions. I said this yesterday, republicans have been very persistent, the frontal, the backdoor [inaudible] try to get into the window. They tried to go down the chimney. This is just another which way to try to prevent women to be in charge of the reproductive destiny. Madam chair, when i was 16 i found full of blood. This was the day before roe v. Wade that gave women the right to access safe, legal abortions. My friend destiny what we in those days called back alley abortion. He saved her life but what happened to her was just one example of the morbidity and in many cases the death of so many women who were not able to get proper care. Humiliation, criminal action, agony, risk of stability or death american women ending their pregnancy. I think its also interesting to note, and id like to really reflect the words of ricky sillinger who is a historian and author of many books about reproductive politics which i really think explains well why so many of us are so adamant at having access to fully predict if you are so important to women. Women. Its not that we like abortion. No. [inaudible] but the first thing to know about life when abortion was still a criminal act is that massive number of women resisted the law. In the 1950s and 60s medical and Law Enforcement estimated one, 2 million [inaudible] had secret abortions. They resisted because they were too poor, too young, too vulnerable, too sick. For many different reasons. And the social Economic Impact of making abortion must be overstated. Think about what life was like for women in terms of getting jobs. Many times employers [inaudible] who knows . So to me what is so confusing about this and similar measures is that at the same time republicans try to keep women from accessing legal abortions, they also are trying to limit access to contraception. I guess, what does that mean . Whats the old saying . Barefoot and pregnant . Let me just add one more thing. We talk a lot about Racial Injustice and systematic [inaudible] and with that i urge everyone i yield back. Ms. Granger is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I support the gentleman from alabamas amendment. This district of columbia that is been a place every year since fiscal year 19 96 with the exception of fiscal year 2010. U. S. Constitution gives congress authority over the district of columbia. Its our policy that taxpayer funds should not be used to fund abortions. The president has announced he will veto any legislation that weakens current prolife federal policies and laws. Without this law this bill will never become come without this language the bill will never become law. I support the amendment entered a yes vote and i yield back. Ms. Lawrence is recognized. Mrs. Lawrence, you are recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. Placing the strict limitations on abortion barriers to receiving healthcare. We need to end the harmful ban that treats d. C. Residents differently than other u. S. Residents. Elected officials from washington, d. C. Should not be denied the ability to ensure a full range of free Productive Health services will be available to the residence. When women have the ability to decide if and when and how many children they have, they are better able to provide for themselves and their families. These varied decisions are directly tied to a womens social economic status and wellbeing. A lack of investment in child care, affordable housing, equal access to education has been made worse by this pandemic, this type of amendment continue to keep women at margins that forces him to be at the lower level of the economic spectrum. I will keep repeating this. Womens reProductive Health is healthcare, and healthcare is a basic human need. I urge my colleagues to oppose is dangerous amendment, and i yield back. Ms. Delauro. Thank you, madam chair. Another day, another markup, another amendment from antiabortion elected officials that would deny access to abortion come this time to residents of washington, d. C. Meany states use their state funds, and let me repeat, state funds, nonfederal funds, to cover Abortion Services in their medicaid program. This amendment overrides the will of the seas own elected officials and people come withholding abortion coverage from resident in d. C. Elected officials from washington, d. C. Should not be denied the ability to ensure the full range of reProductive Health services to the residents. The residents of the district of columbia should not be treated any differently. These strict limitations on abortion coverage harms those already face significant barriers to receiving healthcare including low income people, immigrants, youth, women of color and transgender and gender nonconforming people. Because after they fail to ban abortion in this country, lawmakers decide that they must punish the only women and individuals they can, those in the district. People enrolled in d. C. Medicaid should not be targeted by politicians who interfere with womens reProductive Health decisions for political gain. When it comes to the most important decisions in life, such as whether to become a parent, each of us must be able to consider all of our options. However little we earn or however we are insured. It is not mine or the gentleman to place to decipher someone else whether you should get an abortion. This is a decision that they must make with family and medical healthcare. We do not always know someones circumstances as we are not walking miles in their shoes. A woman struggling to make instant meet needs to be able to make important, personal decisions based on what is best for her circumstances. Trust women, respect women to make the decisions that affect their lives i oppose this amendment because we should not interfere with someones personal Health Decisions by withholding Health Insurance coverage. And i yield back. Ms. Lee is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. Let me thank chairman quickly for his tremendous leadership but also Ranking Member graves in spearheading this bill. I oppose the aderholt amendment because this bill bans that lets the ban on the use of local funds in washington, d. C. For Abortion Services. Thats local funds. As the culture of the prochoice caucus, the lifting of this man is a critical step to ensure that the 55,000 district of columbia women of reproductive age enrolled in medicaid access to the abortion care that is bent previously pushed out of the reach. Barring d. C. From using its own funds, and itll think if you would want us to bar your district or your cities for your counties from using your own funds, that not only blatantly disregards the rights of d. C. Residents but like all abortion coverage it disproportionately impacts women of color and low income women. No one should be limited in their constitutional right to a bill, ability to access abortion based on your income or zip code or whether or not they have full representation in congress and a vote which hopefully soon the District Residents will have. Let me be clear. This is a Racial Justice issue. Its an equity issue. Its an issue between a woman and her health care provider, and no way should politicians, elected officials interfere in the district of columbia is business. You dont want that happening in your district. So please respect the low income women and women of color in washington, d. C. To provide this injustice and this equity and lets defeat this amendment. Ms. Clark is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I also rise to oppose this amendment. The last time i checked none of us have been elected by the 700,000 citizens live in the district of columbia to represent their interests. Imagine the outrage we would feel if someone offered an amendment to prevent the people of alabama or massachusetts from spending their own money to address the local needs of their citizens. Not only is this amendment an attempt to interfere with the right of the people of d. C. To use their tax dollars how they see fit, it is also an attempt to control the ability of the women of washington, d. C. To access the health care they need. As we have discussed many times in this committee, limitations on the use of public funds to provide necessary and medically appropriate reProductive Health care is discriminatory. We should be removing barriers to accessing reProductive Health care, not doubling down on them. I urge my colleagues to oppose this misguided amendment. If there is no further debate, a member from alabama is recognized on the amendment one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. I want to make a couple of points that should be made. This amendment doesnt in any way block access. You within your locks is access to taxpayer funds to fund abortions. The constitution does not give power to any other congress over any other state budget, but d. C. Is an exception and thats what the constitution says. I just want you take the want to thank my call it from alabama who could not be here today. Her daughter is not well, in the hospital. I know she appreciates your thoughts and prayers, but for several years ms. Roby has championed this amendment and she will be missed make sure she retired from the house. The madam chair, i would urge passage of this amendment and i yield back. The questions on the amendment offered by the member from alabama. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of that year the nos have it and the amendment is not adopted. For what purpose does the member from california rise . Thank you, madam chair. I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk were read i ask unanimous consent the reading be dispensed with. Without objection or i appreciate the opportunity to offer my amendment which would help secure our elections against or an influence. Something i know are all interested in. We collect hundreds, even thousands of ballots drop them off at polling places or election offices and certainly we have experienced that in california ballot harvesters dont have to disclose who they are working for it and when you hand over those ballots to election officials, they dont have to show any identification. Thats not even the real requirement does not even a real requirement for them even to provide their name. Last year i sent a letter to the registrar of voters in my district to inquire about the state laws in place to protect mail in ballots from fraud. I found out there are no laws prohibiting foreign actress from collecting and submitting ballots for americans. Let me repeat that. There are no laws prohibiting foreign actress from collecting and submitting ballots for americans. That means someone from china, someone from russia, someone from iran, someone from north korea theoretically could collect ballots. My amendment would make states ineligible to receive Election Security grants and thus they have enacted laws that prohibit foreign nationals from collecting ballots. Ensuring only those residing legally in the United States are permitted to hand american ballots is not just common sense, its a vital first step to protecting against ballot harvesting fraud. I want to get give people who d it the opportunity to vote by mail and we want to make sure we look for ways to make it easier for disabled or elderly americans to participate in our elections but under no circumstances should these efforts invite foreign interference in our election. Site urge my colleagues to support my amendment to protect the ballots of americans exercising their rights as citizens to vote, and i yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Quigley. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the jump in from california. This amendment is an attempt to oppose Voter Suppression tactics. This provision perpetuates the misinformation that has been the red by the president and his allies that voter fraud is rampant problem when, in fact, to quote the brennan center, is vanishingly rare. Ballot collection is an essential service for boaters at risk of being shutout of the electoral process. This service is it more important during a pandemic when voters in highrisk populations may be unable or unwilling to risk their health and safety physically go to the polls. There is no evidence, i repeat no evidence of fraudulent voting activity. The funds in this bill are provided to states improve Election Security such as enhancing the security of voter registration, databases and Voting System and conducting postelection audits to ensure reported results are accurate. This amendment would impose excessive and unnecessary hurdles for states to clear in which access that much needed funds and would dilute efforts to protect against the real threats to our elections. This bill is not the appropriate people to implement new vote federal voting requirements, particularly those that would make it even more difficult for legitimate voters to ask us about her i urge my oppose this amendment. Thank you, madam chair and i yield the balance of my time. Mr. Graves is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I think the german from california for his approach to this. Given his position as republican leader of the defense subcommittee i think he knows firsthand a lot of the threats we face internationally, and understand mr. Quigley is point about theres no current evidence. But we have had a pandemic before and now that we are seeing more states trying to open up the process and using mailing Collection System or mail in ballots more regularly, then theres more opportunity for foreign adversaries are just other entities who want to engage. Its a very common sense approach. Its not limiting in any way mailin ballots. Its protecting the system, and utilizing the grant that we are still providing here in a very responsible way. With that i support the amendment and ask the committee to do the same. Yield back. Ms. Granger is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I support the amendment of adjustment from california as a result of the coronavirus states are increasing the use of mailin ballots. We must ensure that this does not subject our election to manipulation and infant from foreign government. Republicans on House Administration committee have studied ballot harvesting and found it could threaten the integrity of the electoral process and disenfranchise voters. Voters must believe in our election system. We must protect it from adversaries such as china, russia and iran i urge a yes vote and i yield back. If there is no further debate, the member from california is recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. In closing, voting is among the most important rights exercised by american citizens. Allowing foreign nationals, theoretically if someone from china, russia, iran, to collect ballots when there is their oversight over the practice of ballot harvesting present a real danger of foreign influence over our free and fair elections. My amendment launcher only those legally residing in the United States are permitted to handle the ballots of americans carrying out their civic duty to vote. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and i yield back. The question is on the amendment offered by the member from california. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the nos have it and the amendment is not adopted. A recorded vote has been requested. All those in favor of a recorded vote raise your hand. A sufficient number being in support of a recorded vote is ordered. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] does any member wish to record the vote or change their vote . The clerk will tally. Ms. Lee is on her way. We told them at the beginning five minutes. [inaudible conversations] ms. Lee, no. [roll call] [inaudible conversations] on this vote on this vote, the man is not adopted. For what purpose does a member from oklahoma rise . I have an amendment at the desk. I would ask the reading be dispensed with. Without objection the reading is suspense with her a member is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. Madam chair, my amendment would restore language prohibiting any executive agency requiring a federal contractor to disclose his political contributions as a condition of applying for federal contractor. , contractor let me be clear. Instead of use anybody from filling out the normal contribution forms that are required by law, it just says you wouldnt staple it to the contract application when you were trying to secure a federal contract. The Previous Administration thought to institute such requirements. Congress rightly included language in the Financial Services bill prohibiting such a policy. While ostensibly meant to make the federal contracting process transparent, such requirements would politicize the federal contracting process. What about unelected bureaucrats to punish and reward contractors for holding beliefs and supporting political candidates and causes with whom they disagree. Such an outcome is inconsistent. My amendment would ensure offers for federal contracts are assessed as they should be. Im there and the strength of the application, not by the political beliefs of the contractors. Again let me be clear. If you are contracting you engage in political activity you strive to disclose it, just as any of us if we made a reportable to be sugar you silly dont staple it to the contract itself that i would urge my colleagues to restore this commonsense protection of free speech, and with that, madam chair, i urge the adoption of the amendment and yield back. Mr. Quigley is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from oklahoma. A wise Supreme Court justices might us that with public funds, transparency is key. Its important that transparency over these receiving and benefiting from taxpayer money. Disclosure of information will not litter size or treatment process it will improve it. Political expenditures are wellknown to those that make them into the officials who benefit. With disclosure the public want access to this information as well allowing them to judge whether contracts are awarded based on merit. Federal law prohibits contracting entities themselves from two giving to candidates and political parties. That prohibition does not extend to the directors, officers, shareholders or Corporate Tax and there is nothing that prevents a contractor in individual affiliate with it from contributing funds. This transit cannot create a bank. It simply requires disclosure on these contributions. Requiring disclosure of dark money spending by contractors would help citizens hold their elected representatives accountable, strengthen confidence in government and safeguard taxpayer dollars. For these reasons i oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you, madam chair, and i yield back. Mr. Graves is recognized. Thank you, madam chair. I think that i think the jump and from oklahoma for bringing this four. Does a been a longstanding practice for the last eight years under local administrations and local different dynamics within washington, d. C. From a political perspective and i think we all agree that politics shouldnt influence what the government purchases with taxpayer dollars. And so contractors we are trying to engage with the federal government, they should be free to do that. Express their First Amendment rights without wondering if this will damage their opportunities or limit them in any way and doing work with the federal government. So i appreciate the children for bringing this for an urge a yes vote. Yield back. If theres no further debate the member from oklahoma is recognized on the amendment for one minute to close. Thank you, madam chair. I want to disagree with my good friend, the distinguished chairman and asking to look at it this way. How would anybody in this room feel if you went to apply for a job and you are required to list your political contributions with your job application works would anybody here accept that as legitimate . Of course you wouldnt. It should be validly on your marriage for the position were talking about. This is the same thing here. My friend suggest this is about disclosure. These contributions already disclosed. They are in the public domain. Whats wrong is to link them with an application for contract as if thats part of the evaluation process. Has nothing to do with that. If anything its to intimidate the company involved. This is an obvious, obvious overreached a power and again just think about it in your own life. If you had to list your political contributions for anything you applied for, is that right . Of course its not. Its not right here either. With that madam chair, yield back and urge adoption of the amendment. The questions on the amendment offered by the member for oklahoma. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the nos have it. The amendment is not adopted. [inaudible] a recorded vote has been requested to all those in favor of a recorded vote raise your hand. A sufficient number being in support, recorded vote is ordered. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call]. [roll call] [roll call] you have five minutes to change your vote. [roll call] will. [roll call] background sounds and. [background noises] on this note, days are 20 the amendment is not adopted. What purpose does the member from ohio choose . I dont think i can hear you. Is the mic on . I thought was, i am sorry. I have an amendment of the desk. The court will read the amendment. Without objective, from ohio on the amendment. Thank you. My amendment section 540 the bill was the use of funds for the fcc and proposed rule intended to simplify and improved exempt from her. Rule changes would harmonize with the overly complex patchwork Regulatory Framework can raise Capital Securities offering to investors in the private market. The wake of the 2007 2008 financial crisis session, looking to assist business in their efforts to raise capital by adjusting the exempt offering framework. 2012, past to jumpstart our business startups jobs act strong bipartisan support in both chambers. The jobs act intended to reduce Disclosure Requirements increase flexibility for businesses looking to grow by raising capital through private markets. The slowdown, congress should follow up on the efforts of the jobs act in the same spirit by allowing the fcc to make rule changes and increased opportunities for investors and expand access to capital for business. They recently proposed rule changes targeting increasing complexity, the framework on maintaining strong investor protection. The complexity is especially intimidating for smaller businesses looking to market offering securities finding it difficult to pay for expensive Legal Services necessary to navigate this completed framework. The proposed rules simplify a framework and allow the businesses to spend more of their money on growth and employees wages. Section 540 year 2021 Financial Services bill would prevent the rulemaking and being completed out of date overbearing 2013 rulemaking is finalized. This would strike section 540 allowing the fcc to move forward with the common sense rule change. As our nation looks to rebound from the current pandemic induced economic slowdown, now is the time for congress to encourage capital formation. Now is not the time to increase regulations on businesses to grow. I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by mr. Joyce. It would strike section 540 which restricts the ability to make sweeping changes to how it determines which security offerings are exempt from registration requirements. The fccs public registration process provides transparency into security offerings that allow investors to make informed decisions about investment risk. Exemption has grown over time which is bad for investors. More than two thirds of capital raised using exemption from disclosure rules. Fccs proposal would shift the balance even further. Among numerous changes, the fcc would raise how much money and more advertising to the general public for offerings subject to full disclosure. This undermines part of the mission to protect investors, this is why section 540 additional changes to the framework and to the fcc finalizes longstanding rules that require more information to potential investors. The reasons are respectfully opposed the judgment amendment and i urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you. I yelled. Thank you and i appreciate mr. Joyce was a valued member of the committee. He knows what hes speaking of today. The amendment is simply restoring the fcs ability to help Small Businesses raise capital and when i think about where we are right now in the pandemic so many Small Businesses across the country are ailing, theres no better time than using every tool possible to assist them with access and capital and staying in business ultimately and employing constituents of ours across the country. With that, i will join the amendment and i yield back. I support the judgment from ohios amendment. It strikes language in the bill that inappropriately limits the fccs ability to help Small Businesses and mainstream investors. The proposed rule continues to reduce the elaborate patchwork of red tape required Small Businesses to raise capital, we should be working together bipartisan basis to help Small Businesses and their employees survive the Economic Hardship created by the pandemic. Instead, the language in the bill prevents you from being completed until partisan proposal in the Obama Administration implemented urging a yes vote and i yelled back. If theres no further debate, number from ohio is recognized from the amendment. One minute to close. Thank you. My friend opposes me and missed. [laughter] it hurts me, too. Section 540, make sure Investment Center rulemaking from 2013 is finalized before we move forward to march 2020 proposed changes. I appreciate those comments, theres a reason for the 2013 sec rule was never finalized. Far too burdensome for businesses. Section 540 with delight and from several changes until the helpful set of rules is finalized. Timely implement of the fccs exempt offering framework will changes which support access to capital and reduce administrative growth for businesses looking to grow the operation and contribute to our economic recovery. I urge adoption of this amendment and i yelled back. From ohio, all those in favor say i. Those opposed, say no. The opinion is the chair, the nose have it. It is not adopted. Recorded both as requested, all those in favor raise your hand. Sufficient number and support, the clerk will call the role. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] vaping. [roll call] [roll call] we need a video, sir. Im sorry. Im embarrassed to ask, what are we on . This is the joyce amendment. I vote no. [roll call] [laughter] this note, days are 22, lazar. The amendment is not adopted. What purpose does the member from maryland rise . Number one best to spend the reading the reading of the amendment is suspended. Wellrecognized five. Thank you very much. Help the subcommittee chairman we can and should, this amendment deals with initiative and one which is going to be on the ballot in the district of columbia which make the use of hallucinogenic drug low priority for enforcement district of columbia. The problem is one of the reasons that it will be used as the difference between what denver did and whats on the ballot. This will make classes of drugs they are actually derived from hallucinogens priority are all instances. The argument in the Ballot Initiative is that there are medical uses and religious uses. Religious Supreme Court decision that basically you cant prosecute someone for using it i will concentrate on the medical uses. The fact is, a variety of drugs covered under this initiative there is data that may be useful in some circumstances and why the Denver Initiative only decreased enforcement of any of the other hallucinogens but this initiative is. So the hazard here is that what wed be doing is saying these, which are schedule one drug under de a presentation, the laws would not be enforced in the district of columbia. Using a medical reason for nominally a medical reason for the justification. What my amendment is, it doesnt say Initiative One is 81 negated only reduces enforcement when it used under the recommendation of a physician. Recommendation position only. The physician recommends use because his no use as amended from time and if anyone says attorney general will make a low level which is appropriate and probably would be occurring already but that is fine if you Medical Drive under the influence of it, that is prosecutable does not lower level of enforcement my amendment because it says you can go ahead anyone but its only for medical use. The recommendation of a physician and even if you under the recommendation of a physician, you cant get an car and drive. I think thats reasonable. People coming in from all over the country and we certainly, i would help, dont want to be known as the drug capital of the world but certainly dont want our visitors to feel passionate about the passage and implementation of a law that says because of the Way Initiative is worded, its unclear whether Police Actually the level of enforcement where it is now for driving the influence so it specifies music for medical uses you cant get into a car and drive under the influence of these so i will move the amendment, i look back. I rise in opposition to the amendment by doctor harris. Understand something first, the amendment is not right. The d. C. Board of elections has not yet certified a matter of decolonization will be on the ballot this fall at all. Nor has the electorate of the district of columbia voted on this priority. I think people on our side of the aisle if they lived in the district of columbia make the issue differently but we dont. If the district resident mushrooms lower priority and focus, limited Law Enforcement resources on susan, that is their prerogative. Congress is a lot of jurisdictions in colorado to exercise their sovereign right district of columbia, too, should be allowed to use their funds to support their local needs and their priorities. This is not different than the debate we had earlier on the issue of choice. The piece of the people of the district should make the decision and weigh the pros and cons. For these reasons, i must oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. I yield back. I want to thank doctor harris is in his care for so many people over the years. Yes, we seen something from the drug epidemic killing tens of thousands of americans year. Mr. Rogers highlighted that for us so many times in reallife stories to us. We all can agree that policies that increase the availability of psychedelic drugs in our nations capital, that is dangerous. The nations capital, the district of columbia, it should be a place where americans come to be to work for history, it shouldnt be for Illegal Drugs with that, support the amendment. Thank you. I wanted to land my voice of support for doctor harris, i think this is a very reasonable compromise. First off, its still moving forward, but it would be for medical use and obviously if youre operating a car, you would not be allowed to use the substance so i think it is very reasonable and i would encourage all of my fellow Committee Members from both sides to support this. What the chair yet for question . Would you put your like on . Have it on. If i had to stand what you said earlier, theres nothing clearly even on the ballot, this is just an idea that someone might have that they might want to express their freedom of speech doing this would be a good idea to have this product available. I dont agree it will be available but would you please explain that again, is currently on the ballot this is just someone has mentioned they think it might be a good idea. Where it stands now is before the d. C. Board of elections, whether or not the matter will go and be on the ballot this fall. Have, under the rights of the constitution to have the d. C. Budget. I support it. We just had amendment earlier that relegated women in the district of columbia class citizenship, full citizens of the country of the United States, their own tax dollars we provide available to them. Now we are not even allowing the district of columbia to move forward and decide whether or not this is a good idea. I opposed the amendment, i think the chapter explaining this is nothing that is pending. Thank you. If theres no further debate, the member from maryland is recognized for one minute to close. Thank you very much. This is more than just mushrooms, mushrooms his side as medical use. Three other substances with no microbrews at all but appreciate the chairmans marks although the ballot, enough signatures to get this on the ballot, it has not been certified by suspect might be by the time the bill goes to congress so with that, i think the committee for listening to the arguments and i moved to withdraw the amendment. Thank you for withdrawing the amendment. The amendment is withdrawn. A member from maryland, rise again. Thank you. I have another amendment of the desk, harris number two. The clerk will read the amendment. Page 22. Pages 62 through 63. Member from maryland is recognized for five minutes on the amendment. Thank you very much with this amendment, mainly to remove the prescription for any school that accepts a student to have to deal with various federal regulations that only dont apply to those private schools. These factors are not used in Public Schools or public charter schools, cannot given directly to the school, and given to the parents to use where they would like to be used and therefore, placing restrictions that are not normal private schools, partly for the purpose of having the student is using these factors, results in virtually no schools being available to use factors. This opposition program. Unfortunately, that opposition doesnt take into account, i dont think that 97 of students use the factors in the district of columbia are minorities. By this, discrimination by any of anyones imagination, this is the light of thousands of minority parents in the district would like to use the to send their children to the school of choice and without this amendment, this bill negates the ability of the parent to make that price, i moved amendment back. I rise calling is proposing to remove language in the bill requires schools something after student to certify they are providing students with the same civil rights and special needs, protections under the department of education enforces schools for students in public students who attend private schools vouchers are stripped of the constitutional rights, provided the students in Public Schools. Despite receiving public funds, private schools dissipating after program are not required to abide by public and Public Schools must meet. Will that do not provide students with basic civil rights disability protections should not be funded with taxpayer dollars. Nondiscrimination provisions, they arent enough for language in our bill to supplement that cap. Governmental taxpayer support of the systems to Public School comes with strings for a reason. The law of the land for a reason. Its for the protection of our most vulnerable children, children attending the doctor schools receiving federal funding should also receive the same protections. I must oppose the judgment amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. Thank you. I. I appreciate the sentiments from maryland comments. Hes looking out for them. I find it interesting how we heard the argument throughout the afternoon, why are we telling d. C. What to do with money . Something thats working that now the current draft take away from certain individuals. This committee telling families they cant receive access to these schools because somebody disagrees with certain policies its a devastating impact on children, the Opportunity Scholarship Program has a record of success for low income students 98 of 12th grade students in the program graduate. Thats tremendous success. 86 accepted to fouryear colleges, we should celebrate. Maybe we should invest even more. Maybe we should loosen restrictions to allow students access so the amendment increases opportunity for low income students in the district of columbia and because of that, i urged the adoption and i back. If theres no further debate, a member from maryland is recognized for one minute to close. The problem is, the current language probably struck down in montana, the bottom line is this language is specifically aimed at religious schools specifically cannot target religious schools for the denial of the public funds even though public funds go directly to the school, go to a parent who goes to the School Language is effective because its unconstitutional remove the amendment, i yield back. , almost in favor say i. Those opposed, say no the opinion of the chair, the nos have it in the amendment is not adopted. We are headed into our last bill amendment. We will turn to our three otb and finish very quickly but stay around. For what purpose does the member from florida rise . I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent of the reading be dismissed. Without objection, the reading is suspended. There recognized for five minutes on the amendment. My amendment was simply striking the language of section 124 and the bill that prohibits using pictures in favor of border walls. Apprehensive along the southern border except to exceed 1 million this fiscal year. We are not doing enough to prevent migrants from attempting to cross our borders or care for those who have been apprehended. The price is for. The department of health and Human Services does not have sufficient resources to care for the number of unaccompanied children at the border. Immigration courts do not have the capability to deal with the nearly 1 million case backlog for protection and have the capability to manage all my putting families and children who are crossing the border. What better source of funding is there to address this issue in using funds to pay for barriers at the border . Said all along barriers alone will not solve our immigration but they are part of the solution. Prohibit the use of overtures to help secure our border, makes sense and i urged the adoption of this amendment. Thank you. I rise in opposition to the amendment, this ensures the bipartisan funding levels enacted by congress and signed into law by the president added by the action. Article one section nine states that no money shall be drawn from treasury but in consequence, appropriations made by law. The construction of border infrastructure should be based on bipartisan agreement between chairman of congress and and law impose a directive from ministration undermines the ability of the department of treasury and Homeland Security use the funds to address known threats against the Financial System the nature i must respect the amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same thank you, i get back. As we deal with these complex issues, its important to lean on those in our committee to have experience in the various issues. The history that can be better addressed by someone who has served as chair of 12 years in the state of criminal, these as as he stated, what better use of those funds and to pay forward to continue to defend the country and National Security perspective this is not sure why we would limit the uses of how we can country. For political reasons . I guess so but amendment is expertise like the solution needed. With that, i yield back. Support the judgment from florida amendment, the appropriations bill to be considered during enacted law and make it more powerless to get our work done. Ive seen firsthand important impact along with having, members are secure in order and not messaging. We all agree on what. 229 boardwalk system is being completed customs and Border Protection confirmed it stops border crossings. Also dramatically slows down those who attempt to get around it allowing patients more time to respond, urgent yes vote, i yield back. Are there any other amendments wishing to be heard on the amendment . If theres no further debate, member from florida is recognized on the amendment one minute to close. I simply dont think this makes sense. We have a crisis at the southern border of work will is part of the solution. What better way to spend the baptized money into suffer i the question is on the member from florida. All those in favor say i. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair, the nos have and the amendment is adopted. Is there any further amendment . More discussion . Scene nine, i recognize the woman from ohio for motion and i ask for your support for this bill. The question okay. I moved to favorably support the services and appropriations act of 2021 to the full house. The question is also say i. Those opposed, say no. The opinion of the chairs, the guy hasnt. Roll call. Recorded vote has been requested. A sufficient number being in support, the clerk will call phone call. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] does any member wish to change their vote . The clerk will tell you. The clerk will tally. [inaudible conversations] the is are 30. The nos are 32. The motion is agreed to. I ask unanimous consent the staff be permitted to make conforming changes to the bill. Seeing no objection, so order. Three days time. Before we go, i want to congratulate all of you for moving so efficiently and effectively. We have one last item of business. Allegation for fiscal year 2021. There are no exceptions to changes in allocations. They simply reflect the rest of the nation the 12 bills we just approved. I urge my colleagues to support them. I will now turn to Ranking Member granger for remarks she may have. Thank you. The changes in the revised subcommittee allocations, these revised allocations still do not reflect the hundreds of billions of dollars in socalled emergency spending the bills reported out of the committee. This violates the spirit of the budget agreement last year which said emergency spending levels must be agreed on to a bipartisan basis. I hope moving forward to work with chairman and the administration to find Common Ground differences. We cannot put the bills on the shelf and allow Government Agencies to stop functioning entirely or operating under a longterm continuing resolution. I yield back lifetime. If theres no further discussion, i recognize a motion to approve three ot allocation. The question is on the motion. I moved the Committee Approved under revised 302b allocation for fiscal year 2021. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed, say no. The opinion of the chair, the is have it. I ask unanimous consent, commit to make technical and conforming changes. Seeing no objection, or objection, the committee stands adjourned. Thank you all. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] will. 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