Remarks
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen gave the following prepared statement on the Fiscal Year 2019 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill before the Rules Committee today:
Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member McGovern, and Members of the Rules Committee, thank you for having me before you today to present the Fiscal Year 2019 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill.
I am here to seek an appropriate rule for prompt consideration of this bill, along with the Fiscal Year 2019 Energy and Water, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bills. These bills begin the Appropriations process for the 2019 Fiscal Year and send the message that Congress is here to get our work done on behalf of the American people. We will keep the government open and functional with responsible, considerate levels of funding.