In November, the American people delivered a clear mandate: stop the reckless spending, restore accountability, and put America back on the path of fiscal sanity. House Republicans should be working shoulder to shoulder with President Trump to deliver results starting on day one. But instead, what did we see on Tuesday night? A bloated, 1,547-page Continuing Resolution (CR), crammed with the Democrats’ Christmas wishlist and dumped on us with barely any time to read it. Let me tell you—this is not the way to govern.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this process is broken. Congress knows the funding deadline is September 30th every single year. There’s no excuse for kicking the can down the road with a slapdash CR, let alone one stuffed with priorities that have no business being in a stopgap measure.
That’s why I’m proud to say we stood firm and stopped what was nothing more than a disguised “Cramnibus.”
It’s outrageous for the federal government to try, at the last minute, to dump billions in unchecked spending on hardworking Americans. I even printed out that 1,500-page monstrosity, wrapped it in a bow, and sent it back with a clear message: Return to sender. To everyone who spoke out against this Swamp-driven CR—thank you. Your voices sent shockwaves through Washington. Even the political old-timers were awestruck by the power of the American people.
Now, last night, we voted on a CR that would have funded the government through March 2025, extended the farm bill, provided disaster funding, and suspended the debt ceiling. I’ll be the first to say I don’t usually support CRs, but this one came with a request straight from President Trump. He asked Republicans to unite behind it to set him up for success in January, and many of us answered that call.
Unfortunately, that measure didn’t pass.
This afternoon, the House passed a clean CR to fund the government and avoid a government shutdown.
Like I've previously stated, we need to set President Trump up success, but we have a lot of work to do next Congress to tackle the irresponsible spending head-on. From the Department of Education's $1 billion DEI agenda to the federal government wasting 80% of its $100 billion annual IT budget on outdated system, there's no shortage of examples.
I never forget who we’re fighting for. The American people sent us here to put a stop to the madness, to stand up for conservative principles, and to get this country back on track. And that’s exactly what I’m going to keep doing.
