Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 6833, a continuing resolution (CR) that extends government funding through December 16, 2022. The CR ultimately passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 230-201.
“After turning a blind eye to the myriad of crises plaguing the American people for months on end, Democrats remain solely focused on funding these catastrophes rather than solving them. While not one more penny of Americans’ taxes should be squandered on the Left’s America Last agenda, Democrats’ continuing resolution extends their partisan, wasteful spending for another two months. This stop-gap spending bill provides billions of dollars to advance atrocious policies, such as the Department of Defense’s tyrannical vaccine mandate and the Department of Homeland Security’s dangerous open border measures. Additionally, Democrats’ irresponsible short-term fix hands more than $12 billion to Ukraine with minimal accountability — serving as a slap in the face to the American people as Washington continues to blow billions on protecting the sovereignty of foreign borders while intentionally failing to defend our own.
“Furthermore, this band-aid solution simply kicks the can of government funding down the road to December, greenlighting President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Leader Schumer’s priorities in the lame duck session. Republicans in both chambers must stand firm in the upcoming funding fight to block Democrats’ efforts to drag a radical, wasteful omnibus bill across the finish line right before losing power — further burdening Americans with yet another year of the Left's Big Government Socialist agenda.”
Background
On September 19th, Rep. Clyde proudly joined Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and 40 of their colleagues in sending a letter to House Republicans condemning any CR that allows Democrats to pass a pricey, radical spending package in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress.
