Rep. Roy votes against 45-day continuing resolution

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 5860:

Today, I voted no on a measure that continues government funding at bloated FY 2023 levels for 45 days without any cuts to the bureaucracy or any provision related to securing the southern border.

Unfortunately, today's bill is the product of this fundamentally broken Congress that is unwilling to weather a storm in order to deliver real results for the American people.

Just yesterday, I voted yes on a bill to extend government funding for 30 days at a 30% reduction for the government bureaucracy while funding the entirety of defense, veterans, and homeland security — effectively bringing government spending to pre-COVID levels. Importantly, this bill also included H.R. 2, the Secure our Border Act of 2023 — the strongest border security bill to ever pass Congress — which would have forced the Biden administration to abandon its open border policies and finally put an end to the border crisis.  Today’s bill did nothing of the sort. 

My focus in this fight has been unequivocal for weeks and remains unchanged: we must end the bloated bureaucracy, overspending in Washington, and most importantly, the border crisis.  My fellow Texans, and this republic as a whole, deserve nothing less. 

This fight is far from over. Tomorrow, Border Patrol will still be overwhelmed, Americans will still be dying from fentanyl in record numbers, children will still be trafficked by cartels, and Texas will still be under siege.

Conservatives must continue this fight and cannot reject future opportunities presented to us to force this administration to end the out-of-control spending in Washington and the chaos at the border. No security, no funding.

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