Mr. AMO. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 8595.
  This disastrous bill doesn't just turn America's back on the world.
It makes Americans less safe and more vulnerable to disease.
  An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
has taken more than 700 lives and infected more than 1,900 people.
American citizens have already been infected, and the outbreak will
spread if we fail to contain it.
  Republicans' solution? Ban the United States from supporting the
World Health Organization, the group coordinating the response to the
Ebola outbreak.
  The story of outbreaks fueled by Republican shortsighted cuts does
not end there. Here at home, we are responding to a growing cyclospora
outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people across more than 30
States, with thousands more cases under investigation.
  Public health officials are still working to identify the source of
the outbreak. They are facing an uphill battle thanks to Trump and
Republicans' deep cuts to the CDC's public health workforce and the
program that monitors foodborne illness.
  The cause and effect is clear. When Republicans slash public health
funding and stop monitoring the spread of disease, Americans get sick.
  For this reason, at the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to
recommit this bill back to committee. If the House rules permitted, I
would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill.
  My amendment would strike provisions that prohibit U.S. participation
in international public health efforts through the World Health
Organization and the pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response
accord.
  Disease prevention and surveillance at home and abroad protect
American families. Infectious diseases do not stop at borders. We are
safest when we work with partners around the world to detect outbreaks
early, share information, and respond before disease reaches our
borders.
  Mr. Chair, I include in the Record the text of my amendment.

       Mr. Amo moves to recommit the bill H.R. 8595 to the
     Committee on Appropriations with the following amendment:
       On page 212, strike lines 10 through 17.

  Mr. AMO. I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion
to recommit.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), the distinguished ranking member
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Chair, I rise today in opposition to the fiscal year
2027 appropriations bill for the State Department and foreign
operations.
  Last year, the Trump administration illegally dismantled USAID and
fired over 1,300 State Department employees.

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  It rescinded $13 billion for critical humanitarian and development
programs, and now House Republicans want to approve legislation that
amounts to a 20 percent cut from 2025 enacted levels, locking in those
dangerous Trump cuts.
  It isn't penny-wise, and it certainly is pound-foolish. Case in
point: When the administration cut funding for global health, it ended
key disease outbreak surveillance and prevention programs. Now we have
the second largest Ebola outbreak on record and are scrambling to
protect U.S. livestock from the New World screwworm.
  Our Republican colleagues have also made in order many amendments
that would further damage our national security interests. Prohibiting
funding for the United Nations means abdicating U.S. leadership to
competitors like China and Russia.
  Prohibiting funding for an ally like Jordan makes zero sense amidst
the fallout of President Trump's war of choice with Iran and the
devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
  Cutting off funding for the National Endowment for Democracy, The
Asia Foundation, East-West Center, Peace Corps, Millennium Challenge
Corporation, Asian Development Fund, and African Development Bank Group
further undercuts American leadership and democracy around the world.
Sustained investment in our diplomatic and development institutions is
essential if you want to prevent wars instead of paying for them.
  Mr. Chairman, this bill does not deliver, and I urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance
of my time to close.
  Sadly, this bill arrives at a time when the Trump administration has
chosen to put us into a war that is costing our country billions of
dollars and countless lives, with no end in sight. I hope I am wrong,
but that is what it looks like.
  This bill should be a moment to strengthen America and show the world
that American leadership is more than bombs, bullying, and illegal
tariffs. Done right, it could make our Nation more secure, at home and
abroad. Instead, it is falling painfully short.
  A strong America requires both hard power and soft power, because
military strength alone cannot prevent every conflict, stop every
pandemic, build every alliance, or open every new market for American
workers. When America leads with diplomacy, development, and
humanitarian leadership, we make our Nation stronger and safer. When
America retreats, our adversaries advance. This bill retreats from
American leadership, and it makes America less secure.
  Mr. Chairman, I hope and I expect that we can still improve this
legislation as it moves through the legislative process. Until then, I
urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, this is a really good bill. I have
already talked about it, and you have heard other people talk about it.
  It strengthens the national security interests of the United States.
It supports our allies. It confronts our adversaries, and, yes, it does
all of that while saving taxpayers' money.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of
my time.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to including
funding for Israel's military in the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Program Appropriations Act. I respectfully
request that funding for Israel's military be considered through a
standalone bill, allowing Members to vote separately on question.
  I first made this request in December 2025, when I opposed
legislation linking funding for our military with funding for Israel's
military. My position has not changed. Today, I again respectfully
request that funding for the Department of State and related programs
not be linked to funding for Israel's military.
  Accordingly, I include in the Record the text of my December 10,
2025, letter to Speaker Mike Johnson. I now believe there should be a
standalone vote on all funding to Israel:

       Dear Speaker Johnson, I ask that funding for our military
     not be linked to funding Israel's military. I support our
     military. I do not approve of attaching my support for our
     military to Israel's military. We who support our military
     should be allowed to do so without having to fund Israel's
     military. Those who support Israel's military should be able
     to do so in a standalone bill. I cannot in good conscience
     vote to authorize sending our tax dollars to a military whose
     prime minister has been accused by the International Criminal
     Court of ``the war crimes of starvation as a method of
     warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the
     civilian population; and the crimes against humanity of
     murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts;'' to a military
     that has killed more than 70,000 thousand Palestinian men,
     women, and especially children in Gaza.
       If my request to detach funding our military from funding
     Israel's military in legislation is not granted, I will
     oppose the legislation. While I believe Israel should have a
     military, I will not vote to support funding Israel's
     military. I make this request on behalf of myself and no one
     else. On some issues it is better to stand alone than not
     stand at all.
       SincereIy, Al Green, Member of Congress, Scion of the
     Enslaved Africans, Sacrificed to Make America Great,
     Progenitor of August and August 20th as Slavery Remembrance
     Month and Day.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Goldman of Texas). All time for general debate
has expired.
  Pursuant the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under
the 5-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.