Sen. Ossoff Will Vote ‘No’ on House Budget Proposal, Demand Bipartisan 30-Day Stopgap to Avoid Shutdown

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff tonight announced he will oppose cloture and, if it comes to it, final passage on the partisan House budget proposal and issued the following statement —
“Among the risks to Georgia in the House GOP’s partisan budget proposal: it guts NIH research into diseases like Alzheimer’s and maternal mortality, funding for the prevention of violence against women, and Army Corps of Engineers construction of water infrastructure.
“The House bill also irresponsibly fails to impose any constraints on the reckless and out-of-control Trump Administration. The Administration is gutting the CDC and the VA while destabilizing the economy. Both parties in Congress must fulfill our Constitutional obligation to check the President.
“I will oppose the House budget proposal. The best available solution is a 30-day stopgap funding measure to avoid a shutdown, during which time Congress can do its job to properly pass a bipartisan budget.”
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