Mark Alford: “Today we are voting on a two-bill appropriations package that funds Financial Services and our National Security and…”

“Today we are voting on a two-bill appropriations package that funds Financial Services and our National Security and State Department. This bill keeps the government running, protects America, and respects the taxpayer. This package contains two bills with real cuts, real security, and real governing, Mr. Chairman, not bloated omnibuses, not last-minute shutdown threats or games, but Members on both sides of the aisle who are actually doing the work line by line and in the open. This package cuts nearly $9 billion compared to last year. Financial Services is flat-funded. National Security and State are cut by a whopping 16 percent. It is proof that we can fund priorities without growing our government. We rein in Washington by cutting IRS enforcement back to Trump 45-era levels. Chairman Joyce blocked Democratic efforts to tie the administration's hands and help refocus spending so that taxpayer dollars only go where they actually make America safer. The bottom line, sir, is if it is not having to do with our national security interests, we are not funding it.”