Rep. Roy issues statement on H.R. 10545

Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement on H.R. 10545:

"Today, notwithstanding significant progress over the last few days, I voted against H.R. 10545, the 3rd version of the government funding 'CR.'

While this bill was a marked improvement on the 1,547 page 'cramnibus' that was released earlier this week, it still included $110 billion in supplemental funding with no offsets or pay-fors, which I cannot support.  While supporting Americans impacted by recent hurricanes and our nation’s farmers is a worthy cause, we must pursue those ends in a fiscally responsible way or we risk losing our country altogether.  

My efforts this week along with House 'fiscal hawks' resulted in two important things: 1) avoiding $5 trillion being added to our existing $36 trillion national debt with zero spending cuts or structural reforms; and 2) delivering for President Trump a path to stop Chuck Schumer from abusing the debt ceiling to roil financial markets by delivering a framework for substantial and necessary spending cuts.  

I look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure we do just that in the 119th Congress.  

Onward."

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