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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
On Monday, Republican U.S. Representatives from Tennessee, Scott DesJarlais (District 4), Mark Green (District 7) and Tim Burchett (District 2) signed onto a letter sent to House Republicans expressing their opposition to any continuing resolution that empowers Democrats to pass a massive spending package in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress.
The signees state, “As the September 30th federal funding deadline approaches, Republicans must do what is necessary to ensure that not one additional penny will go toward this administration’s radical, inflationary agenda. “Therefore, we, the undersigned, will oppose any continuing resolution that expires prior to the first day of the 118th Congress, or any appropriations package put forward in the remaining months of this Democrat-led Congress.”
While the House letter remains open for additional signers, current signers include Reps: Chip Roy, Ralph Norman, Troy E. Nehls, Bob Good, Bill Posey, Mary E. Miller, Tom Tiffany, W. Gregory Steube, Andy Biggs, Michael Cloud, Scott Perry, Jody Hice, Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., Lance Gooden, Brian Mast, Barry Moore, Clay Higgins, Russ Fulcher, Mark E. Green, Andrew Clyde, Ken Buck, Alex X. Mooney, H. Morgan Griffith, David Schweikert, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Byron Donalds, Thomas Massie, Matt Rosendale, Louie Gohmert, Dan Bishop, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebert, Warren Davidson, Jim Banks, Kevin Hern, Kat Cammack, Jodey Arrington, Scott DesJarlais, Tim Burchett, Randy K. Weber, and Roger Williams.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) led a Senate version of the letter, which has 14 total signers.
Full text of the House of Representatives version of the letter can be found below and at the link here.
Dear Colleague,
Federal dollars are fueling rampant inflation and funding the Biden administration’s radical agenda. This includes empowering authoritarian bureaucrats at agencies like the IRS and FBI, implementing open-border policies that are threatening our communities, imposing COVID-19 mandates that shut down schools and are forcing our military servicemembers out of their jobs, and advancing self-destructive energy policies.
As the September 30th federal funding deadline approaches, Republicans must do what is necessary to ensure that not one additional penny will go toward this administration’s radical, inflationary agenda. Any legislation that sets the stage for a “lame duck” fight on government funding gives Democrats one final opportunity to pass that agenda.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, will oppose any continuing resolution that expires prior to the first day of the 118th Congress, or any appropriations package put forward in the remaining months of this Democrat-led Congress.
