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| https://timryan.house.gov/press-release/congressman-tim-ryan-votes-against-continuing-resolution-and-inadequate-aid-package | Congressman Tim Ryan Votes Against Continuing Resolution and Inadequate Aid Package | 2017-12-21 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Democrat | House | OH | Tim Ryan | R000577 | timryan.house.gov | legacy | Washington, DC Congressman Tim Ryan today voted against the Continuing Resolution and legislation that inadequately funds disaster aid. As we continue to lurch from short-term funding bill to short-term funding bill, attempting to avert a last minute Congressional created crisis, the Republican majority continues to prove itself unable to govern. We need to be making strategic investments in education, infrastructure, and our national defensesomething these continuing resolutions do not allow. I cannot in good conscience vote for more temporary fixes that damage our ability to invest in our own future, especially without assurances that Congress will take up a permanent solution for the DACA program. The same goes with the inadequate disaster relief supplemental aid legislation, which was woefully insufficient. The Governor of Puerto Rico previously requested $94 billion just for its recovery efforts, but this measure only provided $81 billion to be split between Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It also included an unacceptably low amount of funding to combat the ever-growing opioid epidemic. There were 63,600 overdose deaths in 2016, far more than the 58,000 deaths in the entire Vietnam War. Congress must get serious about the funding needed to turn the tide of this crisis, said Congressman Ryan. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |