Rep. Mark Amodei released the following statement in response to voting in favor of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, a clean continuing resolution to extend government funding through September 30, 2025.
“A fundamental duty of Congress is to ensure the federal government remains open and operational,” said Rep. Mark Amodei.
“Further, taking this step allows us to deliver on our commitment to strengthening our nation’s security and continue support for the men and women in uniform who dedicate their careers to doing so. In our current landscape, a clean, long-term continuing resolution is necessary to preserve the continuity of critical services and programs while avoiding unnecessary increases in taxpayer spending.
“While it’s not the ideal solution, this legislation, free of hidden agendas, allows Congress to focus on working with the President in implementing his agenda and restoring fiscal discipline to our nation. It’s time to move forward and show that the federal government can function efficiently, effectively, and in service of the public’s best interests.
“Moving forward, the Appropriations Committee will continue to do our work at breakneck pace as we expect funding deliberations to begin in short order on Fiscal Year 2026, while concurrently considering Reconciliation in the next 120 days. This mechanism will allow for robust investment in our nation’s border security and defense, while extending the tax cuts for middle class America first enacted by Congress under President Trump in 2017.
“As Chair of the Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, I anticipate the nation’s fifth largest department budget to grow substantially in an effort to deliver on our mandate to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Rest assured, I will take the responsibility of managing this increase in homeland resources seriously.
“It will be a busy spring, no doubt, and we are ready to continue the important work we were sent here to do.”
Background
Government funding is currently set to expire on March 14th, this continuing resolution extends federal funding at current discretionary spending levels through September 30th, 2025.
This legislation reduces overall spending for FY25 below FY24 levels. It also includes anomalies requested by the Trump Administration which total $6 billion in defense investments and $13 billion in non-defense savings.
Topline Investments
- $1.6 billion to support a pay raise for junior enlisted service members.
- $2.5 billion to support the completion of 28 Navy ships.
- $3.3 billion in full funding and $6.2 billion in advance procurement to fund Columbia Class submarines.
- $6 billion in mandatory funding in the Toxic Exposure Fund to fully meet veterans’ health care needs.
- $7.6 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
- $425 million for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program to deliver food packages to low-income senior.
Homeland Security Investments
- $485 million to address shortfalls related to immigration detention beds and transportation and removal costs for deportation operations.
- $450 million to prevent long wait times at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.
- $360.5 million for military pay for service members and for the crewing, operations, and maintenance of new cutters.
- $2.25 billion for response, recovery, and mitigation activities related to Presidentially declared major disasters, including costs related to the L.A. wildfires and Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Topline Savings
- Rescinds over $20 billion provided to the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act.
- Rescinds nearly $10 billion from the department of Commerce’s Nonrecurring Expenses Fund provided through the Federal Railroad Administration.
Extension of Programs
- National Flood Insurance Program, which provides flood insurance to property owners, renters, and businesses, and works with communities to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations.
- DHS Counter Unmanned Systems Extension, which enhances the department’s ability to operate counter-drone technology.
- Community Health Centers and other public health programs.
- Medicare add-on payments for ambulances, certain low-volume and Medicare-dependent hospitals, and rural providers.
- Medicare telehealth flexibilities.
- Delay of scheduled Obamacare cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH).
- DEA scheduling authority for fentanyl-related substances.
