Trump wants to shut down the government right before Xmas unless Congress agrees to waste $5 billion of American tax dollars on something he promised Mexico would pay for.
That would be $5 billion of OUR taxpayer dollars that would not get spent on improving our infrastructure and making childcare more affordable. Or on helping more students attend college or making pre-k universal. Or on the VA backlog, GI benefit payments that have been delayed or on taking care of our Veterans....
To my GOP colleagues, let’s not punish the American taxpayers by going further down this road. We already passed a bipartisan bill to fund the government. Let’s change course before it’s too late.
Secretary Mattis should testify before Congress and answer questions about the alarming contents of his resignation letter. Congress should use its power to check this President, defend our alliances and hold our adversaries accountable when Donald Trump refuses to.
