Rep. Roy issues statement on H. Res. 1102

WASHINGTON, DC — On Friday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement:

"Today, I voted no on H. Res. 1102.

Last year, House Republicans set out to fundamentally change the annual appropriations process. In doing so, we passed seven individual appropriations bills off the floor for the first time in years, voted on hundreds of amendments, cut spending, and secured critical policy riders to undo the Biden administration’s agenda destroying our way of life.

But this bill marks a complete undoing of all the progress House Republicans made. The $1.2 trillion bill was released at 2:30am yesterday morning, giving members just over 24 hours to review its 1,000 pages of text, despite House rules requiring we have at least 72 hours to review any measure. It was also brought forward under “suspension of the rules,” limiting debate and effectively stonewalling any attempt to amend it.

Worse still, it funds the Department of Homeland Security without a including a single policy necessary to put an end to the chaos at our southern border brought on by President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas – instead it gives more funding to DHS, which will supercharge the crisis. It also gives $200 million to the FBI for its new headquarters – in the wake of Republicans touting supposed “cuts” to the bureau – and forfeits key policies secured in the House Republican bills. This includes failing to defund the World Health Organization, end the woke destruction of our nation’s military, stop Biden’s student loan bailouts, prohibit the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency, and much more.

But it is important to note the final result. A majority of the GOP stood against the uniparty and business as usual – and for that, Americans should press forward for a stronger GOP majority that will stand up to do the right thing. It is long past time for the Republican majority to start legislating like we campaign and start doing what we said we would do. The American people are counting on us. Onward."

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