Appropriations Committee Debate on the 2021 Defense Department spending bill. After considering additional amendments, the bill passed by a vote of 3022. The memberpose does from california rise . Member from california . You. Ank i have an amendment. Will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. Without objection. Thank you, madam chair. Amendment is straightforward. It would stop the president from starting a war with iran. Has language the house has already adopted. This would not prohibit the president from using the authority he already has to respond to any attack on the United States or our allies. Makes it clear that the president of the United States cannot go to war without express authorization from congress. Chair, we know the administration has taken steps to escalate tension with iran justify an unconstitutional, unauthorized war. First, despite the fact that the remainder of our European Partners stated they would remain committed to the treaty ,
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
During these two years and its importance today . Julie yeah, so, the mexican expedition and the border needs to be understood in the context of the mexican revolution. That is a conflict begins in 1910 with the ouster of a longstanding dictator of mexico. He is ousted by a man named francisco madero. He himself is killed soon after, and after he is killed, several revolutionary factions emerge from that. One of the factions that emerges is a faction under a man that is called the constitutionalist. One of the people who is aligned with the constitutionalist is Francisco Pancho villa. Now, by 1914, the contitutionalists had become successful. They have largely managed to control a large part of the country. And at this point of success, pancho villa breaks with the constitutionalists. He is successful militarily against carranza for a long time, but during 1915 he actually has a series of military reverses against the current government. So he goes from having an army that is about 30,
Context. What was happening during these two years and its importance today . Julie the mexican expedition and the border needs to be understood in the context of the mexican revolution. The conflict begins in 1910 with the ouster of a dictator of mexico. He is ousted by a man named francisco madero. He himself is soon killed and after he is killed, several revolutionary factions emerge from that. One of the factions that emerges is a fraction under a man that is called the constitutionalist. One of the people who is aligned with the constitutionalist is Francisco Pancho villa. By 1914, they had become successful. They have largely managed to control a large part of the country. And at this point of success, he breaks with the constitutionalists. He is successful militarily against carranza for a long time, but during 1915 he has a series of military reverses against the current government. He goes from having an army that is about 30,000 to 50,000 people operating nor sleet in the bot