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There's a shortfall of funding for the families and the children of – families – spouses and children of the families. And $20 million to respond to the water needs in Mississippi, in Jackson, Mississippi.Īlso, we'll be passing today on the Floor – I think the debate is right now on it – the legislation to honor our promises to the families of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. And then a billion dollars to help working families pay higher energy bills. An additional – as I said – 18.9, almost $19 billion, for FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund – some of that needed right away for Iran – Ian, but more will be needed. $4.5 billion for disaster relief for New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Florida and Alaska and other communities. $12.3 billion for the fight for democracy in Ukraine. As I always say, ‘Left to their own devices, the appropriators can find a bipartisan way,’ having said that as an appropriator myself.Īs we pass it, I just want to mention that it addresses key priorities. And that gives our appropriators more time to come – for a funding agreement for next year.

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It, again, ensures that full government services will be – we'll have full government funding through December 16th. Today, we're doing the Continuing Resolution. I'm sure many people in the room probably had met Harry Truman, but not many Members of Congress. And I conveyed to them my personal story of meeting Harry Truman. I say personally because he came to – the President came to Baltimore to campaign for my father, who served in Congress when the President was Vice President and President, old friends. The statue is there because Missouri has sent the statue to represent them. All of us who spoke – Democrats and Republicans – talked about President Truman's commitment to democracy. Pretty exciting, honoring his commitment to democracy.

We talk about security, economy and governance and how we can work together to have free, open and safe countries in the region in partnership with them.Īlso yesterday – I say this with excitement, because it's personally exciting to me to celebrate the legacy of our 33rd President, Harry Truman, where we had the unveiling of the statue with his family there. We went to Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea – to be part of the Indo‑Pacific Economic Framework is one part of it, and now this with the Pacific Islands. It’s – and this initiative for the Pacific is one of the reasons why I took my Congressional delegation to the region. And part of it was our role at the Capitol. The President – the Administration – the President has had a two‑day – at least two‑day Summit, meeting with the heads of the Pacific Island countries. This is part of the President's Pacific Partnership Strategy. And we listened to how – to them on how we can work together. We had a bipartisan, bicameral welcome for them. Yesterday, it was my honor to welcome sixteen heads of state of Pacific Island nations to the United States Capitol. This has been a busy and historic week for those of us in the House. Congress' pledge is to be there for those who were affected, now and in the future, including the billions more we have in this bill that is on the Floor now in the CR that we're passing today, nearly $19 billion more for FEMA. The President said it's probably the biggest hurricane ever to hit Florida. It is – we're praying for those who have lost their lives.

So, it was pretty thrilling.Īt the same time though, we're very sad and mourn the loss that Hurricane Ian is exacting in Florida. And the Attorney's General role was to propose that. I think there's something like 109 members of the Supreme Court in our country's history. I just came from the Supreme Court, where all of us there witnessed a very historic occasion – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's investiture as the first African‑American woman member of the Supreme Court. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center.

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