Regrettably, we are debating
this $790 billion so-called security minibus in only 2 hours for some
reason other than necessity. Substantive amendments chosen at the
discretion of the chairman of the Rules Committee will be debated for
10 minutes. We also expect $1.6 billion in border wall funding to be
added through a rules gimmick meant to prevent an up-or-down vote on
the wall. The undemocratic maneuver by the Rules Committee to unilaterally
remove Congresswoman Barbara Lee's amendment to debate a new AUMF,
which received bipartisan support in the committee, is simply
outrageous. All the promises of Republican leadership of returning to
regular order have been broken.
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