Ranking Member DeLauro: “Once again, the House Republican majority has failed at its most basic tasks”

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the failure of House Republicans’ partisan six-month continuing resolution:

“Once again, the House Republican majority has failed at its most basic tasks while trying to force Trump’s extreme and unpopular Project 2025 agenda on the American people. Everyone in Washington, Democrats and Republicans, knew this ill-conceived continuing resolution was destined to fail. Why we spent a week and a half considering a partisan bill, just days from a government shutdown, is beyond comprehension.

“We have seven legislative days to keep the government open. The time to begin negotiations on a continuing resolution that can gain the support of Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate was last week – but right now will suffice, if Republicans are willing to meet us at the table and actually govern.

“We must pass a continuing resolution that allows us to finish our work before the new President and Congress are sworn in, and which addresses the immediate needs of American families, workers, and veterans. Let us hope the majority does not drive us straight to a Republican shutdown. But if the government does shut down, I have no doubt the American people will know who is to blame.”

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