Rounds Votes to Prevent Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement after he voted in favor of compromise legislation to fund border security measures and avoid a partial government shutdown: 

“Today’s agreement avoids a second government shutdown and provides the American people with the certainty of a fully-functioning federal government. It also makes a much-needed down payment on the president’s promise to strengthen border security. For these reasons, I voted for today’s proposal.

“Moving forward, it is time to stop the recklessness of continuing resolutions (CR) and the threat of government shutdowns. This is no way to run a country. CRs and shutdowns not only fail to address our spending issues, they hold federal agencies, programs and workers in limbo – further wasting taxpayer dollars. The American people deserve better.”

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