Griffith Statement on House Passage of Government Funding Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on a continuing resolution, H.R. 5371 - theContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. This continuing resolution now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration. Government funding runs out at 11:59 pm on Tuesday, September 30.

Following passage of the continuing resolution, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:

"I am glad we passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open. This is a straightforward bill with no controversial policy riders or poison pills attached.

"While I want a glide path that protects Americans and recognizes a return to a pre-COVID style Obamacare exchange insurance program, Senate Democrats have indicated they are willing to shut down the government if they do not get their way in fixing their broken health care program. If Senate Democrats do not support this short-term continuing resolution, it is clear they do not want solutions. They just want to blame Republicans and President Trump for essentially the failures that Democratic policies created.

"At a hearing this week, Democrats argued people could not afford health insurance without the COVID-era "enhanced" premium tax credits. But Democrats created the cliff for these credits! Democrats set the credit expiration date for December 31^st, 2025.

"They are saying without it, Obamacare doesn't work. So they are saying they want to shut down the government because the programs they created did not work as expected.

"I am willing to negotiate on the issues, but they failed at creating an affordable insurance plan for the American people. In most cases, whether paid by the government or the people, health insurance costs are far higher today adjusted for inflation than they were before Obamacare."

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