Too Much at Stake for Republicans and Democrats Not to Come Together on Funding Agreement
With no imminent deadline on immigration, and with bipartisan talks well underway, there is no reason why Congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. I am confident that Senators on both sides of the aisle will choose to avoid a manufactured crisis, reach a bipartisan funding agreement in the coming days, and then continue our negotiations in these important areas.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need for a government funding agreement:
“As we all know, Congress has until Friday to reach an agreement that ensures continuous funding for the federal government. There is too much at stake for Republicans and Democrats not to come together—particularly while serious, bipartisan conversations are underway on shared priorities such as rebuilding our military, fixing our broken immigration policy, and other issues.
“Now that a federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Administration from winding down the Obama Administration’s DACA program, it is clear that Congress has at least until March – at a minimum, and possibly even longer – to reach a compromise that resolves the DACA question but also strengthens our security and makes other needed reforms to our broken immigration system.
“With no imminent deadline on immigration, and with bipartisan talks well underway, there is no reason why Congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. I am confident that Senators on both sides of the aisle will choose to avoid a manufactured crisis, reach a bipartisan funding agreement in the coming days, and then continue our negotiations in these important areas.”
Related Issues: Budget, America's Military, Immigration
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