Jones Votes Against $1.1 Trillion Deficit Spending Bill | Eastern NC Now

    News Release:

Bill gives a free pass to terrorists and baby killers; fully funds President's open borders immigration agenda

    WASHINGTON, D.C.     This morning, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the $1.1 trillion, 2,009-page omnibus spending bill that does nothing substantive to curb the thousands of Middle Eastern refugees entering the United States. The bill passed the House 316 to 113 and passed the Senate 65-33. It will now be sent to President Obama for his signature. Congressman Jones issued the following statement on his vote:

    "As the only member of Congress to vote against every debt ceiling increase in the last 12 years, I cannot in good conscience support a bill that makes the most pressing issue facing our country - out of control federal spending - significantly worse."

    "President Obama, party leaders in Washington on both sides of the aisle, and the special interests all supported this bill. And why wouldn't they? They wrote the bill behind closed doors then dropped it in the dead of night, giving the public less than 57 hours to review its 2,000 pages before it was voted on. It should be no surprise that the bill reflects their priorities, not the people's."

    "The bill provides a free pass to terrorists trying to enter our country disguised as refugees, and it fully funds the rest of the President's radical, open borders immigration agenda. It includes hundreds of billions of dollars of more deficit spending, billions of dollars in deficit-financed foreign aid for countries that hate us, billions of dollars for President Obama's unauthorized wars, funding for Obamacare, and funding for Planned Parenthood's butchery. It's also chock full of Christmas goodies for special interests, only a fraction of which we know about at the present time because of the size of the bill and the lack of time given to review it."

    "Once again, the Washington Establishment wins, and the people lose. It's sickening."

    Congressman Jones has long been a leader in the fight to cut wasteful spending, eliminate the deficit and pay down the debt. Since 2004, Congressman Jones has voted against more spending bills than all but one of his Republican colleagues in Congress.

    Contact: Maria Jeffrey
      Communications Director

    Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3)

     2333 Rayburn House Office Building
     Washington, DC 20515

     Maria.Jeffrey@mail.house.gov  •  (202) 225-3415