Betty McCollum: “We cannot afford to push trail funding to the sidelines.”

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.

I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.

The Republican's Reckless Budget Scheme is back on the House floor today, proposing the same devastating cuts to our families and communities in exchange for massive tax breaks for Elon Musk, President Trump, and their billionaire buddies.