Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
Development administrator mark green testified before the Appropriations Committee and Donald Trumps 2021 budget request for his agency, he fielded questions on the various foreign aid programs run by usaid and his agencys involvement in responding to the global coronavirus outbreak. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on state, foreign operations and related programs will come to order. Administrator green, thank youou for joining us today. I really do want to thank you for your stewardship of usaid during very difficult times and for the dedication of our Development Professionals. Usaid helps the worlds most do need a kleenex . We are all carrying them around. Usaid helps the worlds mosta vulnerable, assists in recovery from natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and supports countries efforts