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CONSERVATIVE LEADERS URGE CONGRESS TO ENACT DHS AND DOD FUNDING BILLS BEFORE THE ELECTION
August 28, 2018
Washington, DC
For too long, Republican spending bills have missed key opportunities to implement President Trump’s agenda on policy, but also on spending. Many of the House and Senate spending bills have spent at levels well above what the president requested, and deliberately funded priorities that the president sought to diminish in his budget.
To date, the House has passed six of twelve spending bills, and the Senate has passed nine. None of them have been sent to the White House for the president’s signature. Notably, the first spending bill that both chambers passed was the one that funded themselves.
Now, Congress wants to punt two key spending bills – funding for the troops, and funding for the Department of Homeland Security – to after the election. We believe this would be a mistake.
Congress should immediately address these issues. Specifically, when it comes to the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, Republican majorities should seize the opportunity to enact key immigration reforms: funding for President Trump’s border wall, strong border security mechanisms, an end to funding for sanctuary cities, and an end to President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty.
These reforms are President Trump’s top priorities and represent key promises that Republicans have been making for decades. Republican majorities would be making a mistake to introduce bills that avoid addressing these questions. They would also be avoiding critical accountability on this issue by choosing only to handle it after the election.
We urge congressional Republicans to use this spending process to focus on their long-held priorities: lower spending, fiscal accountability, and the many conservative policy riders that have been promised to voters for years.
The time to have this debate is now. Republicans should address these issues with strong policy that reflects the years-long commitments they have made to voters, enacts key provisions of President Trump’s agenda, and does both in a timely and accountable manner.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Adam Brandon
President
Freedom Works
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman,
Conservative Action Project &
Former Executive Director
Senate Steering Committee
The Honorable Jim DeMint
United States Senate
Former Member, South Carolina
William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Lee A. Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive
Floyd Brown
Chairman
Western Center for Journalism
James L. Martin
Founder & Chairman
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli
President
Senate Conservatives Fund
Herman Pirchner, Jr.
Founding President
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
George Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
Larry T. Beasley
President and CEO
The Washington Times
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston
Reverend Bill Owens
President
Coalition of African American Pastors
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
Former
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Jeremy Cerone
CEO
EliteSafe Inc.
Rachel Bovard
Former Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee
Wesley Denton
Former
Communications Director
Senator Jim DeMint (SC)
Tim Chapman
President
Heritage Action for America
Joe R. Calvert
President
Rabon & Calvert Interests, Inc.
Roxanne Phillips
Member Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Ed Martin
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant KLP
Tim LeFever
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
JRC Publishing LLC
Nick Logan
CEO
Cornerstone Payment Systems
Dr. Carol M. Swain
Former Professor of
Political Science & Law
Vanderbilt University
Allen Roth
President
Secure America Now
Susan A. Carleson
Chairman & CEO
American Civil Rights Union
Dick Bott
Founder
Bott Radio Network
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Tomas E. McClusky
President
March for Life Action
Lou Cordia
Executive Director
Reagan Alumni Association
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Evelio Silvera
Campaign for the
American Future
Jeffrey Hunt
Director
Centennial Institute
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman,
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President, Family Research Council
President, Council for National Policy
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
The Honorable Morton Blackwell
Chairman
The Weyrich Lunch
The Honorable David McIntosh
U. S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Indiana
Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC
The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Heritage Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Bob Adams
President
Revive America PAC
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Caroline C. Lewis
Owner
Percipio Communications
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Ron Pearson
Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Christopher Malagisi
Editor in Chief
Conservative
Book Club
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Dan Weber
President
Association of Mature
American Citizens (AMAC)
Martha Boneta
President
VCS
Charlie Gerow
CEO
Quantum Communications
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Michelle Easton
President,
Clare Boothe Luce Center for
Conservative Women
The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
Kelly Monroe Kullberg
President
American Conservancy
James Clymer
Former National Chairman
Constitution Party National Committee
David Bozell
President
For America
Joseph A. Morris
Partner
Morris & De La Rosa
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan’s Chief Defense &
Space Negotiator
Former SDI Director
Rich Bott
President
Bott Radio Network
William G. Schneider
President, Mister Ice of Indianapolis, Inc., Former
Member of Indianapolis City/County for 31 yrs
Member, Council on National Policy
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
The Honorable Diana Denman
President
The Reagan Legacy Forum
The Honorable Penny Pullen
Former Illinois Committeewoman
Republican National Committee
Lisa Calvert
Christian Speaker, Bible Teacher
Rabon-Calvert Interests
Jack Park
Conservative Activist
and Donor
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