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| https://byrne.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/byrne-on-swampy-spending-bills-day-of-reckoning-is-coming | Byrne on Swampy Spending Bills: Day of Reckoning is Coming | 2019-12-17 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | AL | Bradley Byrne | B001289 | byrne.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) issued the following statement after voting against the Omnibus spending bills brought to the floor this afternoon as part of a deal reached late last night. Congressman Byrne said: Yesterday at 5 pm, 2,313 pages containing $1.4 trillion in new spending and unrelated measures were dumped on me. As I slept, hundreds more pages were added to these bills last night. Voting on these bills less than 24 hours later is the definition of the swamp. During a time of remarkable economic growth, we should be taking steps to reduce the deficit, not throwing billions of dollars in goodies attempting to make an irresponsible spending bill more palatable. It is ridiculous that the greatest country in the world is being run so haphazardly, and a day of reckoning is coming if we cannot restore sanity to our government spending process. Despite Byrne's opposition, both funding bills passed the House today and are expected to receive a vote in the Senate this week. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |