McMorris Rodgers: “Democrats signaled today they would rather waste time on bills the Senate won’t consider and the president won’t sign”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 3, 2019) – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement after voting no on legislation that failed to secure the border.

“For bills to reach the president’s desk in a divided government, both parties must work together to responsibly govern. It’s time to make deals, and the deal to make here is to secure the border, keep Americans safe, and give certainty to DACA recipients. Unfortunately, Democrats signaled today they would rather waste time on bills the Senate won’t consider and the president won’t sign. When this partial shutdown started, I called on Democrats to negotiate in earnest to fund the government and secure our border. These are priorities of the American people and the responsibilities of Congress. Speaker Pelosi pledged today this Congress will be ‘bipartisan and unifying.’ Let’s do it.”

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