WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) released the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of congressional Democrats’ omnibus package:

“House Democrats rammed through a $1.7 trillion, 4,155-page monstrosity, and I was proud to vote no on this terrible bill. Our national debt is now over $31 trillion. Congress cannot keep spending money we simply do not have. We have borrowed so much money that federal interest payments could exceed our entire defense spending as early as 2025.

This package is full of egregious provisions to support the priorities of the radical left. This reckless package appropriates $575 million of American taxpayer dollars to fund “reproductive health,” code words for abortion, where “population growth threatens biodiversity.” In short, it funds abortion as a solution to environmental problems. This legislation includes $410 million for the border security of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman, but fails to secure our own southern border. What’s more, this bill includes a provision that renames a Federal building in San Francisco, California after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Democrats’ reckless spending has been a key driver of the cost-of-living crisis Arizonans and Americans across our nation are facing, yet this package only doubles down on these failed spending policies. I strongly opposed this package that will increase our debt and make life more costly for the American people.”

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