Rounds Votes No on CR
WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement after voting “no” on the Continuing Resolution (CR), which funds government operations through December 20, 2019.
“Even with an additional two months to work on appropriations bills, Congress has failed again to get its work done – or even show signs of progress. CRs are no way to run a country. They’re wasteful, ineffective, destabilize government programs and could end up hurting South Dakota families. And, they jeopardize our military readiness. Military leaders continue to warn that CRs have a detrimental impact on our ability to train, equip and maintain the force. This should concern us all.
“If we’re ever going to stop this reckless practice of not getting our work done on time, we need to send a strong message that enough is enough. The American people expect us to get results, not continue to kick the can down the road.”
Rounds previously voted no on a CR for Fiscal Year 2020 that ran through November 21, 2019.
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Thank you Senator Rounds. Congress has plenty of time and resources to get this done. Funding government from emergency to emergency and stalling and delaying at every turn is no way to run an effective operation. Avoiding delays and, in a turn based approach it is important for all sides to be as timely as possible with reasoned response.
Please do not extend the mass surveillance of the Patriot Act that has been so abused and domestically exploited, orthogonal to constitutional sensibilities.
Thanks,
John
If only 50 other Senators would do the same thing. I would like to see the House put up about 15 budgets to fund the government. Each of the agencies get funded separately and voted on separately. Then we get away from the mess of just putting everything into the pot.
I appreciated Rounds’ vote on this. Unfortunately it passed, didn’t it?
This means unconstitutional Patriot Act FISA garbage that got us into this mess will be continued through March.