Political Quotes

“With only the fourth appropriations bill of the year on the floor, we should not be patting ourselves on the back. Today's bill blows up last year's budget agreement through a gimmick that needlessly creates a funding cliff next spring. It forces the new President, as one of her or his first actions in office, to request emergency supplemental funding. The difference here is about more than bookkeeping. Sending our military men and women into some of the most dangerous places on Earth--Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria--without ensuring mission support, including to combat ISIL, or their salaries for a full year, is the height of irresponsibility. Here are some of the things that Secretary Carter has said about the Republican OCO budget gimmick: deeply troubling, flawed, gambling with warfighting money, creating a hollow force structure, working against our efforts to restore readiness, a road to nowhere, a high probability of leading to more gridlock, undercuts stable planning and efficient use of taxpayer dollars, dispirits troops and their families, baffles friends, and emboldens foes. Additionally, President Obama issued a veto threat due to this harmful gimmick. Mr. Chairman, I include in the Record the President's Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 5293. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 5293--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017--Rep. Rogers, R-KY The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R.…”