Remarks
I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s Fiscal Year 2027 subcommittee markup of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations bill. Let me start by thanking Chairman Cole for his invaluable leadership of the Appropriations Committee and for his commitment to ensuring that Congress upholds its responsibility to provide the tools necessary to safeguard our national security.
I am pleased to present the Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to the full Committee for consideration and approval. I would like to thank Chairman Cole and Ranking Member DeLauro. And of course, I would like to thank Ranking Member Hoyer. As I have said and will continue to say until he retires, I value his insights on and off this Subcommittee. Mr. Chairman, I’m proud of the bill we are marking up today.
I would like to once again welcome everyone to the first full committee markup of Fiscal Year 2027. To Chairman Carter and Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz – thank you for your work in getting us to this point as we begin consideration of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill. And to Ranking Member DeLauro, I look forward to another season of bipartisan engagement and lively debate.
Thank you, Chairman Cole, and I want to commend your leadership as we begin the fiscal year 2027 appropriations process and wrap up the Committee’s work on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies bill. I also wish to recognize the Ranking Member of the Full Committee, Ms. DeLauro, and the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, Ms. Wasserman-Schultz, for their engagement on the bill before us. Especially the work with Ms.
