lowey: mr. speaker, i ask as a much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, we may temporarily avert this most recent crisis if we can get this bill to the president tonight, just hours before the entire federal government shuts down. but it is certainly not a cause for celebration. this very short term continuing resolution avoids the most immediate crisis, but what is step two? after we enact this stop gap measure, are there any firm plans to begin negotiating the full year appropriations bills we should be passing today? remain deeply concerned about the potential of finding ourselves facing a government shutdown again in december. the stakes are very high. we have an economy that is general which win -- genuinely recovering, unemployment is dun, -- down, economic growth is up, but we still have progress to make. the uncertainty and unnecessary tumult of playing games right up to the brink of a government shutdown is not helpful t

lowey: thank you, mr. speaker. as ranking member of the appropriations committee, i rise to support this bipartisan legislation that

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lowey: thank you, mr. speaker. as ranking member of the appropriations committee, i rise to support this bipartisan legislation that ensures the full faith and credit of the united states and sets a path to a responsible appropriations process this year and next. since the beginning of this year's appropriations process, democrats have called for relief fl damaging austerity budget level caps so congress can invest in our nation's future. unfortunately the majority's budget resolution and appropriation bills would have strangled economic growth and not met our nation's need with cuts to pell grants that help families pay college tuition and law enforcement grants, for example. the list goes on and on, from the start of the appropriations process, i urged my majority colleagues to negotiate reasonable spending caps that protect our economy and national priorities. i'm pleased these talks finally happened and resulted in this bipartisan package that provides an additional $40 billion for defense, $40 billion for nond

lowey, pelosi. lucas, ryan. luetkemeyer, ryan. ben ray lujan, pelosi. ichelle lujan grisham, pelosi. lummis, ryan. lynch, pelosi. macarthur, ryan. carolyn maloney, pelosi. sean maloney, pelosi. archant, ryan. marino, ryan. massie, webster. atsui, pelosi. mccarthy, ryan. mccaul, ryan. cclintock, ryan. mccollum, pelosi. mcdermott, pelosi. mcgovern, pelosi. mchenry, ryan. ckinley, ryan. mcmorris rodgers, ryan. cnerney, pelosi. mcsally, ryan. meadows, ryan. eehan, ryan. . eks, meeks. meng, pelosi. messer, ryan. micah -- mica, ryan. miller of florida, ryan. iller of michigan, ryan. moolenaar, ryan. mooney of west virginia, ryan. moore, pelosi. moulton, pelosi. , ryan. ulvaney, ryan. murphy of florida, pelosi. murphy of pennsylvania, ryan. adler, pelosi. napolitano, pelosi. neal, pelosi. neugebauer, ryan. ewhouse, ryan. noem, ryan. nolan, pelosi. pelosi.s -- norcross, nugent, ryan. nunes, ryan. olson, ryan. 'rourke, pelosi. palazzo, ryan. pallone, pelosi. palmer, ryan. ascrell, pelosi. paulsen, ryan. payne, pelosi. earce, ryan. elosi, pelosi. perlmutter, pelo

lowey: thank you, mr. speaker. as ranking member of the appropriations committee, i rise to support this bipartisan legislation that ensures the full faith and credit of the united states and sets a path to a responsible appropriations process this year and next. since the beginning of this year's appropriations process, democrats have called for relief fl damaging austerity budget level caps so congress can invest in our nation's future. unfortunately the majority's budget resolution and appropriation bills would have strangled economic growth and not met our nation's need with cuts to pell grants that help families pay college tuition and law enforcement grants, for example. the list goes on and on, from the start of the appropriations process, i urged my majority colleagues to negotiate reasonable spending caps that protect our economy and national priorities. i'm pleased these talks finally happened and resulted in this bipartisan package that provides an additional $40 billion for defense, $40 billion for nond

nita lowey on appropriations, the ranking democrat on appropriations, driving our -- joining with barbarai, a woman leader of the appropriations committee in the senate two women driving our fight to invest in america an keep america open, keeping government open. our ranking members -- n rules, louise slaughter, linda sanchez, carolyn maloney on joint economic, all these ranking members will be chairwomen whone we take back the house in 2016. and i want to salute the excellent powerful and successful women in homeland security, armed services and the intelligence committee. the role of women in leadership in our congress is all-encompassing. whether it's the defense of the country, strength of our economy, or protection of people in our community, on every issue women are leading the way. the women of the house democratic caucus are standing with president obama and vice president biden, championing justice and opportunity for hardworking american families each and every day. before i go on about the women, i want to talk about joe biden for a moment. aren't we proud of the statement tha

anita lowy on appropriations -- nita lowey joining with barbara mikulski, woman leader of the appropriationslause] two women driving our fight to invest in america and keep america open, keeping government open. our ranking members on rules, louise slaughter, nydia velazquez on small business, linda sanchez, carolyn maloney, all of these ranking members will be chairwomen when we take back house in 2016. [applause] and i want to salute the excellent, powerful, successful women on armed services, homeland security and the intelligence committees. so the role of women in leadership in our congress is all-encompassing whether it's defense of our country, the strength of our economy, the protection of our people in our communities, on every issue women are leading the way. the women of the house democratic caucus are standing with president obama and vice president biden championing justice and opportunity for hard working american families each and every day. and before i go on about the women, i want to talk about joe biden for a moment. aren't we proud of the statement that he made? [applause

on and his wife debey, he is nita lowey's district in westchester.hat ron could share and how he got her to finally sign on and pay attention to us. and it's a remarkable story because it means it all works if you show up. democracy does work if you show up. ron. >> we started getting involved in the labels in december of 2010 because we were four people who were frustrated that congress wasn't doing the work for the people. and so we decided, we were looking for some kind of organization that would speak to us in terms of trying to fix congress. and we came upon no labels on the internet. we went to the kickoff meeting in new york city at columbia university. were 1,000 people at the kickoff meeting from los angeles, from chicago, from florida, from arizona, it was the most amazing thing that there were all these people that spent their own money to come to the kickoff meeting because they were concerned. and so we started a chapter with four people in westchester, which is in new york -- a suburb new york city. and we never did anything like this b

lowey, pelosi. lucas, ryan. luetkemeyer, ryan. ben ray lujan, pelosi. ichelle lujan grisham, pelosi. lummis, ryan. lynch, pelosi. macarthur, ryan. carolyn maloney, pelosi. sean maloney, pelosi. archant, ryan. marino, ryan. massie, webster. atsui, pelosi. mccarthy, ryan. mccaul, ryan. cclintock, ryan. mccollum, pelosi. mcdermott, pelosi. mcgovern, pelosi. mchenry, ryan. ckinley, ryan. mcmorris rodgers, ryan. cnerney, pelosi. mcsally, ryan. meadows, ryan. eehan, ryan. . eks, meeks. meng, pelosi. messer, ryan. micah -- mica, ryan. miller of florida, ryan. iller of michigan, ryan. moolenaar, ryan. mooney of west virginia, ryan. moore, pelosi. moulton, pelosi. , ryan. ulvaney, ryan. murphy of florida, pelosi. murphy of pennsylvania, ryan. adler, pelosi. napolitano, pelosi. neal, pelosi. neugebauer, ryan. ewhouse, ryan. noem, ryan. nolan, pelosi. pelosi.s -- norcross, nugent, ryan. nunes, ryan. olson, ryan. 'rourke, pelosi. palazzo, ryan. pallone, pelosi. palmer, ryan. ascrell, pelosi. paulsen, ryan. payne, pelosi. earce, ryan. elosi, pelosi. perlmutter, pelo