Rep. Virginia Foxx Blames Senate for Government Shutdown, Criticizes 'Games'

Government Shutdown Blame

• 📌 Representative Virginia Foxx asserts that the House of Representatives completed its appropriations work by passing all 12 bills.
• ⚠️ The Senate is blamed for the government shutdown, as it reneged on an agreement and failed to pass the negotiated appropriations package.
• 🎯 Foxx emphasizes that the House followed regular order and sent its proposals to the Senate, which had agreed to the House's work.

Appropriations Process

• 💼 The appropriations committees and subcommittees completed their tasks collaboratively, with members demonstrating deep subject matter knowledge.
• 🤝 The House passed all 12 appropriations bills, which were then sent to the Senate for approval.
• ⏳ The delay caused by the Senate's inaction led to the government shutdown, preventing the process from concluding as it should have.

Call to Action

• 🇺🇸 Foxx states that Congress has a mandate to appropriate funding and failing to do so is a failure to serve the American people.
• 🗣️ She urges colleagues to support the rule and underlying measures to bring the appropriations process to a close and move forward with serving the public.
• ⏳ The representative concludes by stating, "We don't have time to be playing games."