Another shutdown averted

Statement

Congress passed a final FY19 appropriations package late Thursday night avoiding another government shutdown, although President Trump pledged to use emergency powers to pay for his southern border wall. The law funds the government agencies that had been shuttered during the 35-day shutdown until the remainder of the fiscal year - September 30, 2019. Highlights of the spending package:

Rejects the Trump administration cuts to the environment by including $8.8 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, $2.7 billion more than the proposed cut, and $435 million for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which would have been eliminated;
Continues the 1.5 percent set aside for the Clean Water Revolving Fund and Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund that I secured in 2010 and has provided $73 million in funding to the Marianas. Programs are funded at $300 million more than the Trump budget request;
Provides $20 million more for the Office of Insular Affairs than the President requested, including an additional $2.8 million for Technical Assistance, $300,000 for the Coral Reef Initiative and supports civic education programming such as Close Up;
$310 million for the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, which the Trump administration sought to eliminate;
1.9 percent pay raise for federal civilian workers;
$3.4 billion for Community Development Block Grants, which the Trump administration sought to eliminate;
Increase of $1 billion for the Census to ensure a fair and accurate count.

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