Bryan Steil: “There are 8 days until our military funding runs out. Instead of funding the military, the House is kicking the can down…”

“There are 8 days until our military funding runs out. Instead of funding the military, the House is kicking the can down the road. Instead of bringing stability to our servicemembers, House Democratic leadership is focused on a partisan impeachment process. Our men and women in uniform deserve better than this. They deserve to have their mission, training, weapons, and equipment properly funded. However, next week, when we reach the funding deadline, we will likely vote on a continuing resolution, a CR. A CR is not a thoughtful approach to support our servicemembers. A CR maintains current spending levels for the military and continues this cycle of uncertainty for our servicemembers. While better than a shutdown, there are real-world consequences to simply passing a CR: The Air Force is short 2,100 pilots. A CR does not provide the Air Force with new funding to train new pilots to fill these positions. A CR prevents the Army from building 4,000 housing units for its members. A CR forces the Navy to cancel ship maintenance periods and undermines critical training programs. This is a dangerous funding cycle that jeopardizes our servicemembers' safety and their ability to protect our country. Once again, our Federal spending process is broken, and it has gotten us into this mess. Let's stop the partisan politics. Let's focus on supporting our military. And let's work to fix the broken spending process here in Washington. Mr.…”