Washington, DC - Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement today with regard to the introduction of the six month Continuing Resolution in the House of Representatives this evening:
"I am pleased that this Continuing
Resolution (CR) provides the full $1.047 trillion funding level included in the
Budget Control Act for Fiscal Year 2013. In addition, the CR provides a level
of funding that will enable the federal government to meet its disaster
assistance obligations for the next six months. This is a very clean CR, but I
would note that the small number of anomalies included will allow us to avoid
disruptions in the basic services provided by the federal government. However,
let no one think that putting the government on autopilot for a full six months
is a good idea. Resources that could have been used for more urgent or
important projects will instead be available for lower-priority items. For this
reason, I will continue to work toward passage of appropriations bills that
will properly fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year."