That funding bill combines four
major appropriations bills and represents more than half of
discretionary spending. It includes our spending for the legislative
branch, veterans, energy and water, and the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, there is additional deficit spending that my
colleagues on the other side of the aisle have decided to put in the
bill, providing $1.6 billion to build a border wall, directly contrary
to the promises President Trump made on the campaign trail that another
country would pay for the wall. Republicans are seeking to pass the
bill to you, Madam Speaker, and our fellow taxpayers to pay for this
wall, in direct violation of President Trump's promise. They also stripped out a bipartisan amendment by Representative Lee
that would end the 2001 AUMF and require Congress to come up with a new
Authorization for Use of Military Force within 8 months that was placed
into this bill in committee.
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