"by leaving without having passed either of these bills, the majority has abandoned their responsibility to america's national security. by failing to pass the department of defense appropriations bill in a timely manner, our national guard will now be forced to consider cutting training as they await reimbursement for mobilizing to defend the capitol. instead of building the ships we need to stand firm against communist china, the majority instead would retire a net of seven ships as they fail to meet the needs of the national defense strategy. the majority would further bolster china's position by increasing american dependence upon china's critical minerals. and even as our border is being overrun during one of the worst border crises in our nation's history, the majority leaves future homeland security funding undecided, with some of their most radical members calling to defund the border patrol. "the majority's bloated spending bill comes as working-class americans continue to be crushed by inflation, which serves as president biden and speaker pelosi's stealth tax. 