DeLauro Statement on Continuing Resolution with December End Date

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the introduction of a funding bill to avert a government shutdown:

“We finished 2024 funding bills that reaffirmed the bipartisan budget agreement in March and should have used that momentum to complete 2025 funding bills without needing a continuing resolution. Instead, House Republicans wasted valuable time and chose to write and mark up extreme Project 2025 funding bills that would hurt the American people. Make no mistake, we only need a continuing resolution because House Republicans refused to work with House Democrats on full-year funding bills that could become law.

“I am relieved that in this continuing resolution, House Republicans excluded partisan poison pill riders like the SAVE Act and abandoned the steep across-the-board cuts they have proposed in the past. While this three-month funding bill would avert a needless government shutdown and avoids many of the problems associated with a continuing resolution that lasts until March, it leaves a number of holes and fails to address many issues that must be solved in December.

“The American people are focused on making ends meet, and they deserve better than partisan brinkmanship and threats of a Republican government shutdown.”

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