Renee L. Ellmers: “We are granted the power of the purse strings here in Congress, so we are right and reasonable by using that power.…”

“We are granted the power of the purse strings here in Congress, so we are right and reasonable by using that power. Yesterday, the House led and acted responsibly by providing yet another plan to get parts of this government back open again: We provided funding to the NIH, which provides essential lifesaving treatments and research to families who have received the worst news possible--that their family member, their child, may have pediatric cancer that needs a cure. And I urge the Senate and the majority leader, Harry Reid, to bring this up for a vote in the Senate immediately. We provided funding to the District of Columbia, which is part of our stewardship. Today, we will once again vote to keep the promises to our veterans, and we will vote for the funding for National Guard and Reservists. These are all issues that we all agree on, depending on where you are sitting, Republican or Democrat. The right thing in this situation is to provide funding and reopen the government. It's time for us to act. ____________________”