{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2018-12-27-pt1-PgE1737-2", "2018-12-27", 115, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF 115TH CONGRESS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E1737", "E1737", "[{\"name\": \"Rodney P. Frelinghuysen\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "164 Cong. Rec. E1737", "Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 205 (Thursday, December 27, 2018)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 205 (Thursday, December 27, 2018)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E1737]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n      IN HONOR OF 115TH CONGRESS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS\n\n                                 ______\n\n                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN\n\n                             of new jersey\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Thursday, December 27, 2018\n\n  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, for the past two years, it has been\nmy immense honor to serve as Chairman of the House Committee on\nAppropriations.\n  This esteemed committee is charged with the ``power of the purse''\nunder the Constitution, and I did not take this responsibility lightly.\nIn leading this committee, I had a singular focus on ``getting our work\ndone.''\n  I am proud to say that in Fiscal Year 2019, we achieved something\nthat hasn't been done in over two decades--passing five Appropriations\nbills ahead of the end of the fiscal year.\n  This is not a remarkable feat nor one that deserves applause. But it\nis historic, and it signifies that we were able to do what the American\npeople sent us here to do: govern responsibly. This was a critical step\nin returning to the regular federal funding process.\n  These bills, which fund 75 percent of the federal government,\nincluded full funding for the Department of Defense and critical\nnational security programs.\n  My deepest devotion has always been to our men and women in uniform,\nall volunteers--to ensure they have the resources they need to fight\nand succeed in our missions. For their service and sacrifice, they must\nknow they have the full support of the government behind them. I am\nproud to say we achieved that, providing stability and predictability\nwhere there had been none for many years. And we were able to provide\nhistoric levels of funding for the care of our veterans who have served\nour nation.\n  Prior to this year, we laid the groundwork for this relative success.\nIn Fiscal Year 2018, we passed all 12 bills in record time through\n``regular order,'' and three Disaster Supplemental Appropriations\nbills, historic in scope, to help our fellow citizens in their times of\nneed.\n  It is the duty of Congress to help communities and families recover\nin times of great tragedy and emergencies, and the Appropriations\nCommittee was consistently able to respond quickly and get resources\ninto the hands of many communities, states, and regions of our nation.\n  We achieved this all through an open and transparent process. Over\nthe past two years, we held 160 oversight and budget hearings, received\nand considered tens of thousands of requests from members, and brought\nmany bills to the floor under an open amendment process. Of this, the\ncommittee should be very proud.\n  One of the hallmarks of the committee is the collegiality and\nbipartisan spirit in which our members work. Although we did not agree\non everything, we all have great respect for the committee and our\nConstitutional duty to fund the government. Working in this manner best\nserves our districts, our states, and our country.\n  I owe a debt of gratitude to my colleagues on the Committee,\nespecially the Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members, for their work\nover the past two years. They have fought ferociously for their\npriorities, and their intentions have always been to make this nation a\nbetter place to live and work:\n  The Ranking Member of the full committee and the State and Foreign\nOperations Subcommittee, and incoming Chairwoman, Mrs. Lowey of New\nYork.\n  The Chairwoman of the Defense Subcommittee and incoming full\ncommittee Ranking Member, Ms. Granger of Texas.\n  The Ranking Member of the Defense Subcommittee, Mr. Visclosky of\nIndiana.\n  The Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee, Mr. Aderholt of\nAlabama.\n  The Ranking Member of the Agriculture Subcommittee, Mr. Bishop of\nGeorgia.\n  The Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee, Mr.\nCulberson of Texas.\n  The Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee,\nMr. Serrano of New York.\n  The Chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, Mr. Simpson of\nIdaho.\n  The Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, Ms. Kaptur\nof Ohio.\n  The Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee, Mr. Graves of\nGeorgia.\n  The Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee, Mr.\nQuigley of Illinois.\n  The Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, Mr. Yoder of\nKansas.\n  The Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee, Ms. Roybal-\nAllard of California.\n  The Chairman of the Interior Subcommittee, Mr. Calvert of California.\n  The Ranking Member of the Interior Subcommittee, Ms. McCollum of\nMinnesota.\n  The Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education\nSubcommittee, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma.\n  The Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and\nEducation Subcommittee, Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut.\n  The Chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, Mr. Fortenberry\nof Nebraska.\n  The Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, Mr. Ryan\nof Ohio.\n  The Chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs\nSubcommittee, Mr. Carter of Texas.\n  The Ranking Member of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs\nSubcommittee, Ms. Wasserman Schultz of Florida.\n  The Chairman of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee and\nChairman Emeritus, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky.\n  The Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development\nSubcommittee, Mr. Diaz-Balart of Florida, and\n  The Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban\nDevelopment Subcommittee, Mr. Price of North Carolina.\n  And the 27 other members who served the House Appropriations\nCommittee in the 115th Congress with honor and dedication.\n  The committee would not have achieved all we did without the work of\nour faithful staff. These men and women spent countless hours--\nsacrificing time with their families, including holidays--preparing for\nmany public hearings and shepherding our legislation to the House floor\nand to passage. I cannot thank them enough for their time, energy, and\nprofessional expertise:\n\n                         From our front office\n\n  Nancy Fox, Staff Director; Maureen Holohan, Shannon O'Keefe, Jennifer\nHing, Jason Gray, Marta Hernandez, Tammy Hughes, Rachel Kahler, Parker\nVan de Water, Tom Doelp, and the late Stephen Sepp.\n\n             The Majority's subcommittee professional staff\n\n  Tom O'Brien, Andrew Cooper, Justin Masucci, John Martens, Jeff\nAshford, Leslie Albright, Colin Samples, Taylor Kelly, Jennifer Miller,\nWalter Hearne, Brooke Boyer, BG Wright, Allison Deters, Sherry Young,\nMatt Bower.\n  Jackie Ripke, Hayden Milberg, Bill Adkins, Barry Walker, Angie\nGiancarlo, Loraine Heckenberg, Perry Yates, Amy Murphy, Dena Baron,\nAriana Sarar, Marybeth Nassif, Brad Allen, Donna Shahbaz, Kris Mallard,\nLaura Cylke, Robert Joachim.\n  Dave Roth, Darren Benjamin, Betsy Bina, Jaclyn Kilroy, Kristin\nRichmond, Susan Ross, Jennifer Cama, Justin Gibbons, Karyn Richman,\nLori Bias, Jennifer Panone, Tim Monahan, Sue Quantius, Sarah Young,\nKiya Batmanglidj.\n  Tracey Russell, Craig Higgins, Susan Adams, David Bortnick, Winnie\nChang, Dean Koulouris, Clelia Alvarado, Doug Disrud, Cheryle Tucker,\nCarl Barrick, Jennifer Hollrah, Matt Anderson.\n\n                          And in the minority\n\n  Shalanda Young, Staff Director; Chris Bigelow; Bob Bonner, Martha\nFoley, Steve Marchese, Joe Carlile, Matt Washington, Matthew Smith,\nDarek Newby, Erin Kolodjeski, Becky Leggieri, David Reich.\n  Angela Ohm, Stephen Steigleder, Lisa Molyneux, Rita Culp, Jocelyn\nHunn, Robin Juliano, Adam Berg, Jennifer Chartrand, Jaime Shimek, Evan\nHollander, Jeri Sparling, Tom Tucker.\n  I salute each and every member of the Professional Staff of the House\nAppropriations Committee--who are truly the unsung heroes of Congress.\n  My father, a former Member of Congress himself, reminded me often\nthat as Members of Congress, we are temporary stewards of the public\ntrust. I have sincerely endeavored to earn that trust every day. I\nthank my colleagues for placing their confidence in me as Chairman of\nthe Appropriations Committee. I thank my personal office staff in\nMorristown, NJ, and Washington, D.C., and most importantly, I thank my\nconstituents and my home state for the honor of a lifetime serving as\nthe Representative from New Jersey's 11th Congressional District."]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2018-12-27-pt1-PgE1737-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5051900409162045, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}