Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026

Floor Speech

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Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Cole for his leadership.

Mr. Speaker, if this were a library, we would have the fiction side over there and the nonfiction side over here. The only thing that is not fiction, however, is their consistent criticism of the healthcare system known as ObamaCare that they created. That is what this fight seems to be about, and that is the one end of things that is truthful.

Today, Mr. Speaker, after 6 weeks of lots of pain and no gain, they are going to vote again to keep the government closed. They are going to vote again--they are whipping their votes--so they would not be paying Federal workers and won't be funding essential programs like SNAP and undoing the chaos at our airports.

I spent the last 43 days in my district talking with these groups, talking with SNAP, talking with Head Start, seeing their pain, realizing it, understanding it. Some of my colleagues did the same, but, shockingly, they are still going to vote to keep the government closed and keep this funding from being delivered.

It is time to fix the damage that Democrats have caused. With this vote tonight, Republicans will restore SNAP payments and get TSA, air traffic controllers, and Federal workers paid.

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Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for the additional time.

You know what, Mr. Speaker, yesterday was Veterans Day. Veterans didn't fight for the red. They didn't fight for the blue. They fought for the red, white, and blue. Maybe tonight we can follow their example.

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