Rep. Chip Roy is not only calling out his fellow Republicans for supporting an atrocious spending bill in the House, but reminding Trump that he promised never to sign a bill like this again.
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These spending bills are atrocious. It'll be interesting to watch my Republican colleagues, who look their constituents in the eyes while campaigning on fiscal restraint and a "balanced budget amendment," vote in favor of this package. The party of fiscal restraint … pic.twitter.com/HOICzkO96i
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) December 17, 2019
After going through a litany of problems with this spending bill, including the funding of abortion through Obamacare, Roy says they’ve only had the text of this bill since yesterday at 4:30pm. He says no one has read the bill because it’s a “massive unreadable 2,313 page bill filled with government expanded goodies and spending.”
Roy says the bill is a blatant violation of the House 72-hour rule that gives a minimum of 72 hours to review legislation and reminds Trump that he said he would never sign a bill done this hastily again:
“The president last spring, about a massive omnibus said, I will never sign another bill like this again. I’m not going to do it again. Nobody read it; it’s only hours old. Some people don’t even know what’s in it. It’s 1.3 trillion dollars, the second largest ever.”
Roy concludes by saying “Mr. President, I look forward to your veto.”
UPDATE:
Swamp update: received $1.4 Trillion 2313 pages of spending at 4:30pm yesterday. Yet was just noticed we will vote at 1:10-1:25 p.m today – less than 24 hours later. I will vote no on both bills. @realDonaldTrump should veto & @HouseGOP & @SenateGOP should oppose. But… pic.twitter.com/sAO7zt4R0C
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) December 17, 2019