RSC Appropriators Hammer Democrats on Reckless Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Democrat shutdown extends into its fourth week, Congressional Democrats continue proving that they would rather fund healthcare for illegal aliens than reopen the government for American servicemembers and rural communities.
On a brand new episode of the Right to the Point podcast, RSC Messaging Task Force Chair Mark Alford steps back into the host seat and is joined by Reps. Robert Aderholt (AL-04) and Riley Moore (WV-02), who blast Senate Democrats for continuing to allow the federal government shutdown. The representatives detail how the shutdown is devastating rural hospitals, crippling mining operations, and shuttering small businesses in their respective districts.
The trio of members, all of whom sit on the Appropriations Committee, stressed that House Republicans are returning to regular order by actively working to pass all twelve appropriations bills while Democrats continue their obstruction.
Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Rumble.
Highlights from the episode are below:
RSC Messaging Task Force Chair Mark Alford: “I think we've all seen the strategy of the Democrats at this point and Hakeem Jeffries is the master of this. P.T. Barnum, I think, would be very proud of the circus that he's holding on the front steps just about every day of the Capitol. They're singing songs. He's shaking his hand a lot, whatever he does with his hand, but trying to make a point. But I think what he's doing most of all is deceiving the American people. They [Democrats] are saying that we are on vacation. I don't know about you guys, but I'm not on vacation. I am working my tail off here in the 4th Congressional District of Missouri.”
Rep. Robert Aderholt: “For the last several years, we've had those omnibus bills and there's been no conference that we've had. I remember the day, I've been around for several years now, and I remember the day where we went to conference, and we sat around with the Senate. Our subcommittees and the subcommittee on our counterpart on the Senate side would sit around a table in one of the rooms in the Capitol and hash out to get an appropriation bill, individual appropriation bill. And those days have long been gone. And we were on the verge of trying to work toward that. And as Riley mentioned, we had three bills that not only the motion was mentioned on, but we went to conference and we are in conference on those three bills right now. But really nothing much can happen until we can get the government open, until we can move forward with the rest of the bills. So I guess there is a chance we could move forward on those three bills at some point.”
Rep. Riley Moore: “We [House Republicans] worked hours and hours and hours to get all 12 appropriations bills out of committee because we heard from the people the need and the want. Our constitutional duty is to have some semblance of regular order return to the appropriations process, which is exactly what we're trying to do. And as you mentioned at the outset, we passed three bills on the floor. We also, last month, had a motion to go to Conference. When's the last time someone has uttered those words on the House Floor? It's probably been a little while. And so the Republicans, we are trying to bring regular order back to the appropriations process, get away from the massive omnibuses of the past, and all we were trying to do here is have this short-term stopgap CR so we could finish the work of the appropriations committee, which is actually what the American people want."