Thornberry on Cr Resolutions:

"CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS CLEARLY HARM OUR TROOPS"

Washington, DC, July 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks following passage of a series of resolutions highlighting the damage continuing resolutions do to America's military:

Today, Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks following passage of a series of resolutions highlighting the damage continuing resolutions do to America's military:

"Continuing resolutions clearly harm our troops, and there have been far too many of them in recent years. The House has now voted to reject doing further damage this Fall and to fully fund our military on time for the first time in a decade. To do anything less is a clear breach of faith with our troops and an abdication of Congress's responsibility under the Constitution."