House passes Omnibus funding bill
The House passed a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through Sept. 30. The Senate must act by midnight Friday to avoid a shutdown. 9th District Congressman Doug Collins issued the following statement in response to today’s passage of the funding bill in the House:
Supporting our military means funding troops and the resources they need to protect American lives, and this bill delivers pay raises to service members while strengthening our military’s capabilities and battle readiness. Today’s vote would also dedicate $1.6 billion over the next six months to physical barriers along America’s southern border and further fund immigration enforcement efforts. It upholds pro-life policies and invests in the country’s infrastructure, helping make a spectrum of the President’s priorities reality for this year.
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14th District Congressman Tom Graves had these comments:
“President Trump’s funding bill puts America First and Georgia First. A key part of the president’s Make America Great Again plan was to rebuild our military. This bill delivers the largest increase in defense funding in 15 years, including the biggest pay raise for troops in eight years. Additionally, the bill makes a down payment on rebuilding our nation’s crumbling infrastructure and provides new funding to secure the border and build the wall. The bill also includes major victories for Georgia. It protects our water rights, directs critical funding toward the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and ensures the more than 100,000 service members stationed in our state get the resources they need.”
6th District Congresswoman Karen Handel’s remarks in part:
“It is disconcerting to me whenever spending is increased in Washington without offsets. However, it is critical that we provide for our military and tackle problems like opioids and mental health. Ultimately, the federal budget process is broken, and it must be fixed. That’s why the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform was created, and I look forward to helping the committee develop real and meaningful solutions to this process.”
12th District Congressman Rick Allen voted “No” on the bill and explained his vote this way:
“Today, Congress brought the 2018 omnibus bill to the House floor – a 2200 page bill – that was released at 8:30 p.m. last night. Spending $1.3 trillion in taxpayer dollars, saddling future generations with more debt and only giving us 16 hours to view this bill is not the way to run this country. Unfortunately, I could not, in good conscious, support this legislation.”
What about DACA?
“Giant building photos: The bill blocks the Capitol architect from using federal funds to create and hang a giant photo or drawing of any Capitol Hill building outside of that building when it’s being renovated. (This was done when the Supreme Court building was renovated.) Pg. 1,077.”
wtf?
That sounds like a security measure.