•     "This resolution was dropped on us on Friday afternoon, without any bipartisan negotiation. Had we been consulted, there were several provisions we would have pushed for to strengthen the measure and to progress and to protect congressional prerogatives, including the reversal of a proposed federal rule from the Office of Management and Budget that allows political appointees in the Trump administration to unilaterally block or terminate grant funding if they deem it not sufficiently in line with the President's policy priorities. If we had been brought in before the bill was released, we could be here touting a bipartisan agreement with a plan to fully fund the government for the next fiscal year, before the end of this Congress. Instead, we are scrambling to jam through a one sided stopgap measure three days before everyone leaves for the August recess. I'm deeply concerned about what may be attached to this funding measure through the rule that is passed out of this committee. There are some Republicans who have decided that they will not allow any legislation to be considered under a rule, unless it includes an extremely partisan measure to restrict voting access for millions of American citizens. Under no circumstances will Democrats support that measure. If the position of my friends across the aisle is that they will shut down the government unless we severely restrict American citizens voting access, I invite them to make that case to the public and see how the public responds in November. At minimum, I cannot support this bill without the inclusion of the technical language regarding the Border Patrol that was agreed on. It was agreed on as a bipartisan, overwhelming voice vote in April until we are certain that the Republicans will not use this legislation to advance their voter suppression measure. Beyond that, the decision to pursue this path without any bipartisan negotiations gives me serious reservations in moving forward. Source: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Democrat, Connecticut, District 3)

•     "I hate to say it, but it feels like this continuing resolution is an admission of failure. Not by our brilliant appropriators, but by House Republican leadership. They're willing to give up one of Congress's most fundamental powers and duties in order to avoid another potential political loss, just before the election. They're asking us to give a blank check to this administration because they can't manage either their Republican caucus or to negotiate actual bipartisan funding bills. So I think it's an insult to the Appropriations Committee because I know they continue to do good work even under duress, but it's a failure of Congress to be doing this months before the end of the year. It also robs the House of the ability to direct funding to our districts where we know we need it. It robs every member of the ability to highlight, you know, whether community health centers or local infrastructure or we've been able to get additional resources for schools and libraries. All that goes out the window with a continuing resolution. So I'm not in favor of this. I think it is an admission of failure by the Republican leadership. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat, Pennsylvania, District 5)