Speaker, our constituents sent us here to discuss our
differences honestly and openly and come together to pass bipartisan
legislation addressing our Nation's most pressing issues. Every year I have been in Congress, I have voted in favor of
bipartisan, clean funding bills to give our troops a pay raise and fund
our military in the VA. I took those votes proudly, working with
Democrats and Republicans. Today, I am outraged Republican leadership played politics with this
critical funding. To include a poison pill rider that wastes $1.6
billion in taxpayer dollars on an ineffective border wall is just
shameful. We all know this wall will not make us any safer. Even law
enforcement officials oppose this funding.
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