Leader Schumer Statement On Donald Trump’s Plan For An Unlawful Pocket “Rescission Package”
New York, N.Y. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement after the Trump administration’s announcement that they plan to advance an unlawful “pocket rescission package,” proving that Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are fully rejecting bipartisanship:
“Today’s announcement of the Administration’s plan to advance an unlawful “pocket rescission” package is further proof President Trump and Congressional Republicans are hellbent on rejecting bipartisanship and ‘going it alone’ this fall.
As the country stares down next month’s government funding deadline on September 30th, it is clear neither President Trump nor Congressional Republicans have any plan to avoid a painful and entirely unnecessary shutdown. In fact, it seems Republicans are eager to inflict further pain on the American people, raising their health care costs, compromising essential services and further damaging our national security.
“Speaker Johnson and Leader Thune have repeatedly refused to meet with Democrats to discuss a bipartisan path forward. At the same time, President Trump has now okayed an unlawful gambit to circumvent the Congress all together with a so-called “pocket-rescission” package.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Reasonable Republicans don’t have to go along with the madness; Republicans don’t have to be a rubber stamp for this carnage. Democrats stand ready to work with anyone to help American families, lower health care costs and secure our communities. But if Republicans are insistent on going it alone, Democrats won’t be party to their destruction.”
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