Rep. Meeks Statement on Voting Against Supplemental Spending and Republican Short-Term Funding Bills

Rep. Meeks Statement on Voting Against Supplemental Spending and Republican Short-Term Funding Bills

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Meeks released the following statement on the short-term funding and supplemental bills that passed the House of Representatives today:

"We're seeing just how truly misguided and dysfunctional a Republican-led Congress can be. They have put off crucial priorities until the very end of the year. Whereas just yesterday Republicans voted to give President Trump's family millions of dollars in tax breaks, they left DREAMers out to dry, and kicked the can down the road for both millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act and were hoping it would be stabilized, and nearly 9 million children who will be without health insurance come March.

"The supplemental spending bill for those areas hit hard by hurricanes is woefully inadequate. Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida, and the US Virgin Islands deserve sufficient resources, but this Republican Congress offered meager assistance."

"Due to the Republican stubbornness, a lack of necessary help for US Citizens, and the GOP's inability to pass much-needed legislation, opting instead to lurch from deadline to deadline, I voted against both the Supplemental Assistance and the Continuing Resolution."

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