Hoyer Discusses Need to Pass Omnibus Spending Bill on Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto"

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) appeared on Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto" today to discuss the need to pass an omnibus spending bill to fund the entire government and avoid another government shutdown. Below are excerpts from the interview and a link to the video.

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On an Omnibus

“I think that the Speaker does not want a government shutdown, [Republican Leader] McConnell has indicated that he doesn’t want a government shutdown, and none of the rest of us in the leadership want a government shutdown. But, Neil, there have been some people talking about shutting down the government if they can't reverse the immigration action the President took… Assuming we pass, as I think we should pass, a bill consistent with the [Rep.] Paul Ryan and Senator [Patty] Murray agreement that was passed by the Congress overwhelmingly on a bipartisan fashion, assuming that we stay within those constraints, which we have to consistent with the agreement, then I think we are doing what in a bipartisan, overwhelming fashion, Congress said it would do. The issue, as you well know, is whether or not [Republicans are] going to add in extraneous issues into the appropriations bill, which may make it impossible for [Democrats] to support.”