Pelosi Spokesman Statement on OMB Director Mulvaney’s Statements

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Washington, D.C. – Drew Hammill, spokesman for Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, released the following statement in response to recent statements by OMB Director Mick Mulvaney on ongoing spending negotiations in Congress to keep government open for the American people:

“OMB Director Mulvaney was one of the architects of the disastrous Republican Government Shutdown of 2013, and the last-minute White House interventions into bipartisan negotiations suggest he’s hoping to engineer another one,” said Hammill.  “The President was very clear in promising that Mexico would pay for his wall, and the White House’s demands that American taxpayers now foot the bill for a multi-billion dollar boondoggle are intensely opposed by Democrats and many Republicans.”

“Any bill with a hope of passing the Senate will need Democratic votes in the House,” Hammill continued.  “The Trump White House’s radical and late-breaking demands for next week’s legislative schedule, including their renewed push to raise Americans’ health costs, are making a bipartisan agreement to keep government open more difficult to reach.”