Washington, April 28 -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer issued the following press release:

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered opening remarks at the House Committee on Appropriations Full Committee Markup of the FY 2027 National Security, Department of State Bill. Below are a video and transcript of his remarks:

"Thank you, Mr. Alford. I want to thank the Chairman, as I said, and I certainly want to thank the Ranking Member, Ms. Frankel, for her leadership in bringing forward a bill that achieves, for the most part, a bipartisan consensus on some of our issues. But clearly, as has been indicated by our Ranking Member and our R...