Rep. Chuck Fleischmann Votes No on Last-Minute, Multi-Trillion-Dollar Government Funding Bill

Washington, DC – Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after voting No on the $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus funding bill.

“During the two years that Democrats have controlled the House of Representatives, Senate, and White House, they have spent more than $3 trillion, which has led to the worst inflation seen in decades. The last thing our country and economy need is nearly $2 trillion more in borrowing and spending that will increase our national debt and cause inflation to remain too high.”

“In November, the American People elected a new House of Representatives that will be led by a new Republican majority in just 11 days. There is no reason to rush through a multi-trillion-dollar bill when a Republican-led House can negotiate a fair and fiscally sound funding bill.”

“I came to Congress in 2011 to help restore fiscal sanity to our nation’s capital. Even though I am disappointed that this bloated and fiscally irresponsible bill has passed Congress and will become law, I remain hopeful that a Republican-led House and Appropriations Committee can begin to get our fiscal house in order starting in 2023 and the 118th Congress.”

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