Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
Floor Speech
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this measure. This is a bipartisan bill that aims to empower women economically by targeting United States development assistance to women-owned small- and medium-sized businesses. As the gentleman from California pointed out, he is the sponsor of the companion bill in the House.
This legislation passed the Senate unanimously, and is the companion of H.R. 5480. I urge Members to join me in supporting it.
Before I yield back, Mr. Speaker, I just want to say something, since this is probably the last time we will have a chance to debate, the chairman and myself, in this Congress.
I have served as ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for the past 6 years, and in the new Congress will become the chairman of the committee. The gentleman from California (Mr. Royce) has served as the chairman for 6 years. I can tell you that there is no better role model than Ed Royce. The bipartisan work we have done together has really made a difference in people's lives all around the globe.
Mr. Royce has been a chairman extraordinaire. We have always operated under the premise that, when it comes to foreign policy, partisanship should stop at the water's edge. And that is what we have really tried to do.
I want all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to know that I could not be more effusive in praise of the chairman, the gentleman from California. It has been an honor and a pleasure serving with the gentleman and being his friend. I cannot think of anyone doing a better job than he has done for the past 6 years. I hope he will come back and visit.
Whenever I have a question to think about what I will do as chairman in the next Congress, I would think about what my friend, Ed Royce, would do. Then I know I can't go wrong.
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Mr. ENGEL. I yield to the gentleman from California.
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Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I wish the gentleman Godspeed. I know we will be in touch. We have been a good team. It has been great.
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