Thornberry on the recent messaging bills

WASHINGTON – This week, the House voted on two more political messaging bills pushed by the Democratic Leadership. U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) released the following statement:

“Since Democrats took the majority, the House has spent its time considering hyper-partisan legislation and Sense of Congress resolutions that will never be signed by the President. This week, the House voted on two more messaging bills to ‘condemn’ the Administration’s Obamacare lawsuit involvement and to supposedly reauthorize the ‘Violence Against Women Act’ with no intention of it being signed into law.”

“It seems that the Democratic leadership has no interest in writing laws, changing policy, or actually helping people.  Their main priority is political posturing, and these two bills are just the most recent examples.  If you ask me, this is turning into a wasted majority.”

In February, House Republicans attempted to extend the authorization of the “Violence Against Women Act.”  Democratic leadership refused to include it in the bill to reopen the government in an attempt to use the issue for their own political messaging.