[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 118 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS

  (Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to commend 
the House Appropriations Committee for passing 11 of the 12 
appropriations bills out of committee. All the bills except Homeland 
Security have passed committee.
  Here on the House floor we have passed four of those appropriations 
bills. The Senate has passed three. This is what we call regular order, 
and it is very important to the political process that every Member of 
Congress in this Chamber and the Senate have a chance to offer 
amendments, be heard, and speak. Both parties have agreed to this.
  We need to get all the bills through the House and appoint the 
conference committees. Those conference committees are where you 
reconcile the differences. We have fallen away from this here in this 
Chamber in the past few years. It is about time we got back to the 
regular appropriations process.
  I want to keep the positive momentum going and commend us for passing 
those bills. Let's get that Defense bill passed and fund our troops the 
way that the American people deserve.

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