this episode in political few tillity has brought us right back to where we should have been all along, funding our critical needs with a clean bill. because of this calamitous process, we leave a glaring omission, failing to address the president's recently requested enhancements to border security and to fight the murderous drug war. while i intend to support this vital bill, i must emphatically state that abusing the process and failing to deliver on our country's emergency needs is a failure of leadership of the highest order. the american people deserve much better. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. obey: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from new york, chairman of the foreign operations appropriations subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for two minutes. miss lowry: -- mrs. lowey: i address to support this bill. this