Starting at 10am: Full Committee Markup - FY 2019 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill and Revised Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2019 https://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=395355 …
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Over the 28 years I’ve been privileged to work on these issues, I have always tried to keep contentious issues out of the bill. In the end, D votes will be needed to pass. I will offer amendments today with many of my colleagues to remove the controversial riders from the bill...
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If we are not successful, I will regrettably have to oppose the bill at this stage.
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In the FY 2018 omnibus, Congress rejected the dangerous riders and funding levels before us today. Democrats cannot support a bill if it would mean turning our backs to the world’s most vulnerable women or the looming threat of climate change.
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