the house appropriations subcommittee responsible for putting her budget together basically did not pay any attention to that agreement and proposed a budget that would have the equivalents of a 20% cut. a lot of the things people want us to do, you want us to do more conservation, stuff in the forest, we have to have people to do that. if you're cutting 20% of the budget, you are cutting your workforce. if you wait until march to pass a budget with that kind of cut, it isn't 20% it's 40% or more, which is devastating. so that's a problem it's also a problem when you combine it in a farmville year with not having the farm bill done because there are a series of programs funded through the farm bill that if it's not continued or a new farm bill not passed, the support structure for farmers that they rely on goes away and we literally revert to what is called permanent law. farmers might look permanent law because they would see dramatic increases in commodity costs. consumers would go crazy. >> can you clarify that means a little bit? why do the prices change so much. >> you have to adju

the house appropriations subcommittee responsible for putting her budget together basically did not pay any attention to that agreement and proposed a budget that would have the equivalents of a 20% cut. a lot of the things people want us to do, you want us to do more conservation, stuff in the forest, we have to have people to do that. if you're cutting 20% of the budget, you are cutting your workforce. if you wait until march to pass a budget with that kind of cut, it isn't 20% it's 40% or more, which is devastating. so that's a problem it's also a problem when you combine it in a farmville year with not having the farm bill done because there are a series of programs funded through the farm bill that if it's not continued or a new farm bill not passed, the support structure for farmers that they rely on goes away and we literally revert to what is called permanent law. farmers might look permanent law because they would see dramatic increases in commodity costs. consumers would go crazy. >> can you clarify that means a little bit? why do the prices change so much. >> you have to adju

he later joined the staff of the house appropriations committee where he worked on the legislative branch subcommitteeined the house administration committee where he rose through the ranks, first as director of oversight, then deputy staff director, and finally staff director. at the beginning of this congress, speaker kevin mccarthy elevated tim to the director of house operations in the office of the speaker. he remained in this position to assist with the transition to speaker mike johnson. in every position, tim brought an unmatched level of understanding and creativity. he has implemented enterprisefoe this a better place to conduct the people's business and improve the lives of everyone who works here. tim has become a trusted advisor and friend to everyone power to the men and women with the often thankless job of keeping this place operating. while tim's service to the house is coming to an ends for now, i know each of us will continue to experience the benefit of that service for years to come. thank you, tim, and good luck in all that is to come. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. th

appropriations process. i'm glad that we are avoiding a needless and harmful shutdown as we work to finalize the spending bills, including one from the subcommittee i chair, overseeing transportation, housing, and urban development. our subcommittee along with our house counterparts worked on a bipartisan basis to deliver a bill that both adhered to top-line funding levels and provided resources for vital programs that millions of americans we lie on every day. that includes supporting affordable housing, helping to alleviate homelessness, improving roads and highways in communities big and small so people can get around, hiring air traffic controllers, and rail safety inspectors to make sure our flights and our trains are safe and on time. it is not a perfect bill. everyone did not get what they wanted. but i can tell you that democrats and republicans worked in good faith and made the most of the funds that we had available. and i'm glad we're near the finish line on our bill and really hope we can find bipartisan agreement on all of the bills so that we can finally fully fund the government. this funding cannot wait any longer. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding

homeland -- the ranking homeland appropriations, the subcommittee for homeland, we've added border patrol. every single republican except for two that are still in the house> congressman, as we see many mayors now saying that they cannot handle the influx of migrants into their cities, chicago, l.a., new york, because your governor is sending migrants there, and we just had a brutal attack by migrants on new york city police officers, do you think that if the democrats used the fact that we are out of control in places and now there are criminal attacks would move the law and order party to at least deal with the border -- some kind of border legislation? >> yes, sir. that's a very good point. some of us that live at the border, we have been seeing what new york and other places have been seeing for a long time. it's -- and with all due respect, new york and chicago and washington, d.c. and denver are just getting a drop of what we see at the border, but now this feeling is being felt or this understanding is being felt in other cities. that's one of the reasons why democrats are getting off their comfort zone zones and doing some things on the senate bil

appropriations process. i'm glad that we we are avoiding a needless and harmless shut down as we idolize the spending bills including one from the subcommittee i chair overseeing transportation and housing and urban development. our subcommittee along with their house counterparts work on the bipartisan basis to deliver a bill that adheres to top length of adheres to top length of the levels to provide resources and provide programs that millions of americans rely on every day. that includes supporting affordable housing, helping to alleviate homelessness improving roads and highways and communities big and small so people can get around. air traffic controllers and safety inspectors to make sure our flights and trains are safe and on on-time. it is not a perfect bill. everyone did not get what they want it that i tell you democrats and republicans worked in good faith and had most of the funds over available. i'm glad we are on the finish line on her belt i hope we can find bipartisan agreement on all the bills so we can fully fund the government. this funding can't wait any longer. i yield the floor. vote: >> thank you all for being here. appreciate your coverage of this. this is the