FY2024 Funding Package Moves Conservative Agenda Forward
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman John Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement regarding the House passage of H.R. 2882, The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, by a vote of 286 to 134.
"This final package of Fiscal Year 2024 funding bills is far from the bills written by the House last year, but its passage means a win for Speaker Johnson and House Republicans successfully moving our conservative agenda forward. The alternative options were either another wasteful government shutdown, or a costly CR that would have prolonged Nancy Pelosi’s DEI and Green New Deal slush funds, withheld a 5.2% pay raise and quality of life improvements for our servicemembers and their families, and cut critical defense spending at a time when our troops are taking live fire from the Houthis and other Iran-backed militias.
"House Republicans successfully achieved many conservative wins, including:
Cutting non-defense spending for the first time in almost a decade.
Investing in our border security, including more Border Patrol Agents and increased detention capacity for illegal immigrants.
Cutting $574 million from wasteful climate change programs at DoD.
Maxing out production of critical munitions to replenish our stockpile reserves.
Slashing $1.2 billion from President Biden’s request for additional DoD civilian bureaucrats.
Rescinding $10 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act, defunding beefed up IRS enforcement.
Clawing back over $2 billion in unused COVID-19 funding.
Upholding important prolife protections like the Hyde Amendment, which ensures no federal funding can be used for abortion.
Prohibiting funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) that supports Hamas.
Keeping the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps on the Foreign Terrorist Organization list.
Prohibiting funds to the Chinese government or to other nations to repay debt owed to China.
Allowing only the American flag and other official flags to fly over U.S. embassies.
"These are just a few of the many conservative wins in this bill. More information on the bill can be found here."