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Hoyer Floor Remarks on Partisan C.R. That Would Give Donald Trump More Unchecked Power

March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered remarks on the House Floor regarding H.R. 1968, House Republicans' continuing resolution that would give President Donald Trump more unrestricted power. Below is a transcript of his remarks:

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Hoyer Floor Remarks on Partisan C.R. That Would Give Donald Trump More Unchecked Power

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"I thank the gentlelady for yielding. And I adopt all of what the Leader said, notwithstanding the rebuttal from the chairman of our committee. This bill is about giving Trump more unfettered power. That's what this bill is about. This country is in crisis and chaos over the last 45 plus days. And this bill will continue that process. The Congress, if it passes this bill, will have failed.

“We should have passed all of our bills by September 30th of last year. We didn’t. We then passed, as some of the Republicans have said, some appropriation bills. All of them were partisan bills. This is a partisan bill. In a Congress that is that close, you would think that we would come together and work together. But one of our members said, 'if Trump says pat our heads and jump up and down, that's what we'll do.' Welcome to the ‘pat our heads and jump up and down’ C.R.

“A C.R. is failure. The Majority puts forth its partisan C.R. that helps this administration dismantle vital services for the American people outlined by our leader, rejecting any guardrails on these illegal and unconstitutional actions by Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump; that chainsaw that they want to take to federal employees and the federal government.

“This bill requires the District of Columbia, for instance, to take a $1.1 billion cut, not out of federal funds, out of their own funds that they tax their people. It defunds the police. I wish I had more time to say how bad this bill is. Vote no.”