Rep. Omar’s Statement on Voting NO on Republican CR
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after voting against the partisan Continuing Resolution (CR):
“At a time when our government is already being hollowed out, Republicans pushed a partisan full-year continuing resolution that gives a blank check for unelected billionaire Elon Musk and Donald Trump to continue their campaign of chaos and destruction. With a full-year CR, the guardrails are off and Musk and Trump will have even more leeway to shut off and repurpose funding as they see fit.
"Right now, families across my district are struggling with the rising costs of living. This bill puts tens of thousands of households on rental assistance at risk of eviction. At a time when some of my constituents are struggling to put food on the table, this bill neglects to fully fund the lifesaving Emergency Food Program. When thousands of my constituents have already been fired from their jobs by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), this bill allows even more federal employees to be laid off including thousands of employees at the Social Security Administration. While veterans in my district are already struggling to get by, this bill allows critical VA funding for homelessness assistance grants, mental health care, rural health, opioid, and substance abuse programs to be redirected. It also cuts $22.8 billion from the PACT Act that will eliminate healthcare for veterans with cancer and other diseases from toxic exposures. This bill also makes funding cuts for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $280 million which will impact research on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, and countless other health conditions. On top of these cuts, the bill eliminates funding for local projects to almost every city in my district that are instrumental in directly addressing some of the most pressing needs in the Fifth District. Additionally, this bill includes about a $6 billion increase to unnecessary defense spending.
“My community cannot afford these devastating cuts and further chaos from this administration. For those reasons, I voted NO on the partisan continuing resolution."
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