[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 88 (Friday, May 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H4169-H4170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

  Ms. SHALALA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2157) making supplemental appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, 
with the Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the gentleman from 
Texas seek recognition?
  Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I am here today 
primarily because if I do not object, Congress will have passed into 
law a bill that spends $19 billion of taxpayer money without Members of 
Congress being present here in our Nation's Capitol to vote on it.
  Secondly, it is a bill that includes nothing to address the clear 
national emergency and humanitarian crisis we face at our southern 
border.
  There is no reason this disaster supplemental should not have 
included the quite modest $4.4 billion that Director of OMB Vought sent 
to Capitol Hill to ensure DHS and HHS do not run out of money--which 
they are slated to do--while managing the over 100,000 illegal aliens 
crossing our border being apprehended, and the unaccompanied alien 
minor children being unable to be housed appropriately.
  And, finally, this is a $19 billion bill that is not paid for when we 
are racking up $100 million of debt per hour. And this is a bipartisan 
problem, to be honest, and it is a problem that we should solve in 
Congress rather than ignore.
  Our Nation is strong enough and compassionate enough to have a 
responsive and fiscally responsive approach to help people who are 
hurting in the wake of natural disasters.
  We have had months to figure this out and to do our job to secure our 
border. And we now are expected to let the swamp continue to mortgage 
the future of our children and grandchildren, making it less likely 
they will inherit a stronger and better country with a government 
capable of defending the Nation in responding to disasters such as 
these.
  Mr. Speaker, with that, I respectfully object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard

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