This includes the National Fish Habitat Conservation through partnerships provision, a bill i championed. This title establishes a National Fish habitat board that supports a successful Publicprivate Partnership to restore fish habitat. I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee, rob bishop, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife, tom mcclintock. I would also like to to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their ceaseless effort and commitment to making sure we do everything we can to conserve prork tect and enhance the resources that we are in charge of taking care of. I look forward to continuing to advance other important provisions, but this bill hopefully will be on its way to the president s desk. As cochair of the Chesapeake Bay watershed task force i would specifically like to act modge my friends an colleagues in the bay delegation who labored so hard for so long to help clean up our great Che
I think of smart, i think of decent, someone with integrity, someone who is honest, and someone who has provided myself much counsel. It has been very wise and also i want to do just thank you for your support on many of the provisions of this bill. Moment oft take a personal privilege to say to you one of my fondest memories was my visit to your district in gary, indiana and you were bringing me a bag of white castle hamburgers. I mean a bag. I will always be indebted to you, mr. Chairman. I value our friendship and look forward to visiting you again in gary, indiana and get two bags next time. [laughter] your leadership and expertise is going to be missed. Madam chair, my amendment is straightforward as i introduced it for several years and it has received support over the years from both sides. Three years ago it passed on a bipartisan basis under republican majority and i hope we can do that again. My amendment would sunset the eight broad 2001 aumf months after enactment of the ac
Live on capitol hill, the House Appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. One of the measures they are working on his defense spending. 694. 6 billion, an increase of 1. 2 billion from 2020. Congressman a nita lowey chairs the committee. I will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee of appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of business is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal. Ear 2021 thank you madam chairwoman. Remarks, igin my reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. He saved the conditiona
Around the world, and the council of international affairs, i would like to welcome you all to this session within our program, s hades of red and blue. The reason why we have convened this session has been because we think it is essential to bring together, sometimes for the first time, people who are distributed across the political spectrum in which, all too often in my country and here, there is very little by way of conversation and a lot of shouting at people. Yet, we are all facing issues of profound importance, which we think are better addressed why allowing for moments of principled disagreements, when people of different convictions might come together and respectfully engage. Of all of the topics we will be talking about during the course one thatay, one is will be addressed this afternoon. Before i go to the panels, housekeeping things. If you are a person who tweets, we have managed to come up with the world longest which is hastag,htag, which is shadesofredandblue. The t
Good evening, everybody and welcome. I am the executive rector of the Ethics Center in along with our partners which is a network of australians dotted the carnegierld, council on ethics and national affairs, i would like you to welcome you to the session within our program, shades of red and blue. The reason why we have convened this session, that is our partners have been because we think it is essential to bring together sometimes for the first did people who this to be across the political spectrum within which spectrum within there is little by way of and a lot of shouting at people. We are all facing issues of profound importance which we think are better addressed by allowing for moments of principled disagreement, moments when people of conviction from different perspectives might come together and respectfully engage. Of all the topics we will be talking about between the course of this day, one of the most sensitive is that which is going to be addressed this afternoon. He fo