Lummis Votes Against Funding Amnesty

Statement

Last night U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis voted against H.R. 83: the consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015. The legislation, which passed the House, fully funds the government through October except the Department of Homeland Security, which will be funded through February. This includes funding for the President's recent actions on amnesty.

"The President's decision to disregard the constitution and to effectively grant millions of illegal aliens amnesty is unacceptable and must be opposed at every possible turn," said Rep. Lummis. "President Obama likes to spread rumors that the House has failed to act on immigration, but that is simply not true. He is not asking that we pass a bill, which we did over the summer; he is demanding that we pass the Senate "gang of eight' bill. But that flawed legislation would leave our nation insecure and our borders porous. And with the President's track record of distorting law by refusing to enforce or by executive fiat, we cannot afford to give him any wiggle room with the purse strings."

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