By Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Washington, D.C.–Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement after House Democrats passed H.R. 5305, Biden’s Inflation Boosting Blank Check.

“From the grocery store to the gas pump, out of control spending has already harshly raised the cost of living on American families. Now Democrats just voted to give President Joe Biden a blank check to fund their grand socialist agenda and print a reckless amount of money, which will worsen their inflation crisis and make the world less safe. The most extreme wing of their party is in charge, which was made clear today by the Democrats’ stunning betrayal to the security of Israel, America’s strongest and closest ally in the Middle East.

“Speaker Pelosi’s $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree is the most aggressive partisan scheme in our nation’s history. It destroys freedom and emboldens our enemies—like China, Russia, and Iran—on the backs of hardworking families by shutting down American energy, lurching us to socialized medicine, and seizing more federal command and control over every part of the economy. America will not win the future if the Left succeeds in their mission to fundamentally transform American life for the worst and saddle the next generation with crippling tax hikes and debt.”

This continuing resolution extends the current level of government funding until December 3, 2021 and provides a temporary suspension of the debt limit until December 2022.

-McMorris Rodgers (R) represents Washington’s Fifth Congressional District.