At the end of last week, the Appropriations Committee passed both the FY2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill and the FY2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill. Senator Marco Rubio sits on the Appropriations Committee,
After the bills were passed, Senator Rubio commented that “My work on the Senate Appropriations Committee is focused on improving federal programs that will serve to benefit Floridians and the nation. I am pleased to see that many provisions I championed on behalf of Florida and Puerto Rico were advanced in these bills, as well as prohibiting the use of funds to buy equipment and services from ZTE and Huawei. These telecommunications companies pose a national security threat to the United States, and I commend my colleagues for supporting this commonsense provision.”
In addition, the Appropriations Committee also passed the 2019 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, and Rubio largely helped shape it. In response to passing that, Rubio commented that “As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, I support American diplomacy and international development. I’m committed to ensuring our nation’s diplomats and national security professionals have the resources required to carry out their important work, including efforts to advance democracy and human rights around the world.”