The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2740, known as the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act on Wednesday. The bill doesn’t sit well with Congressman Frank Lucas.
H.R. 2740 is the first appropriations bill passed since the Democrats became the majority in the House.
Lucas said the bill cuts defense spending while over spending in other areas.
“The funding bill passed by House Democrats today completely lacks the budgetary framework required to craft realistic and meaningful funding bills.
On top of insufficiently funding defense and homeland security operations- cutting Department of Defense research and development funding and failing to address the needs of unaccompanied children arriving at the Southern border, the bill includes unrealistic topline funding based $176 billion above the current budget caps. The American people deserve a government that governs responsibly and not one that undermines Congress’ fiscal responsibility and balloons our national debt.”
H.R. 2740 passed the House by a vote of 226 to 203.
