[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   OPPOSING THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address H.R. 
5305, the continuing resolution for short-term government funding that 
passed the House last night, which I voted against.
  Earlier this year, House Democrats passed their $3.5 trillion 
partisan budget package, which significantly increased funding for 
their own spending priorities. However, this bill did not include 
funding for our military, the Department of Homeland Security, or 
grants for law enforcement.
  Now, House Democrats have introduced their continuing resolution to 
fund the government and raise the debt ceiling through December 2022 to 
allow even more taxpayer dollars to go toward their spending spree.
  Mr. Speaker, funding the government should be a bipartisan issue. 
Yet, rather than working together, Democrats expect Republicans to give 
them a blank check for their unprecedented spending. Democrats are 
responsible for expenditures; they need to take responsibility for the 
borrowing, too.

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