Murray, Top Appropriators Release Minibus

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“Democrats fought hard to protect investments that matter to working people everywhere and help keep our economy strong—rejecting devastating cuts to housing, nutrition assistance, and more. Importantly, we blocked countless extreme Republican policies—like efforts to restrict abortion rights—that would have set our country back decades.

Forcing states to pick and choose which moms and kids will be able to access essential WIC benefits was never an acceptable outcome to Democrats, and this bill ensures that won’t happen by fully funding WIC for millions of families nationwide.

This bipartisan package will keep America moving forward—strengthening investments to ensure safe and efficient travel and sustaining critical programs as Democrats rebuild America’s infrastructure. We keep our promises to brave wildland firefighters and protect vital investments to stay the course on historic climate action taken by the Biden administration while safeguarding our public lands. We continue to deliver key resources to propel American innovation and strengthen our economic recovery. And we secured record investments to support women veterans’ health care, help end veteran homelessness, and increase access to mental health services for veterans.

This was a negotiation. Democrats worked under really tough fiscal constraints that I never agreed with, but for months, I’ve made clear we can in fact fund our government if we just work together in a reasonable, bipartisan way. Let’s get this package signed into law and finish the job on our remaining six bills.”

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