Duncan Pans Trillion-Dollar Spending Bill

Statement

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) released the following statement Friday in response to his opposition to the $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that funds the government through September 2016:

"This bill increases spending when we are already $19 trillion in debt; it increases immigration against the wishes of most of our citizens; and it increases federal ownership of land when government at all levels already owns far too much.

"In addition, there are all sorts of sweetheart deals, such as allowing an Alabama company to buy Russian rocket engines and a new $390 million FBI headquarters when its present headquarters is just a few years old.

"My staff and I combed through it and came up with this partial list of some of the bad provisions of this bill. This measure:

Bails out the International Monetary Fund by increasing the U.S. quota. This means the IMF will have access to more U.S. taxpayer dollars to bailout irresponsible countries like Greece;

Provides nearly $400 million to the United Nations for radical environmental projects;

Contains a $390 million earmark put in by Nancy Pelosi to build a new federal building in Maryland;

Allows the purchase of Russian engines for U.S. rockets, which Sen. John McCain called 'simply immoral to help subsidize Russia's intervention in Ukraine and line the pockets of Putin's gang of thugs who profit from the sale of Russian rocket engines';

Repeals Country of Origin Labeling for beef, pork, and chicken that tells Americans where these products were raised and processed;

Provides $17.83 million for rehabilitation of a Congressional parking garage, $4.599 million more than asked;

Provides $60 million to conserve sage grouse habitats in the West when we now know the sage grouse is not really endangered. That amount is up from $15 million, a fourfold increase;

Freezes rather than eliminates the Obamacare Cadillac Tax, which is key to funding wasteful, bureaucratic Obamacare;

Contains $865 million in extra Medicare payments to serve as a way to bailout Puerto Rico;

Provides funding for sanctuary cities and increased refugee admissions;

Dramatically increases the number of visas available for foreign workers; and

Contains $2.5 billion in extra funding for West Africa."

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