NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, on Tuesday was one of a few Chattanooga-area lawmakers to support a two-step, stop-gap bill to avert a federal government shutdown.
No one dislikes continuing resolutions more than Appropriations Committee members, the Ooltewah lawmaker said in a House floor speech Tuesday.
But as chair “of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, I know the importance of enacting full-year bills,” he added.
Full fiscal-year bills address issues like nuclear weapons modernization programs at the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood and storm damage reduction projects, Fleischmann said.
“House Republicans all agree we need to get the federal government on a more fiscally responsible path. But lengthy government shutdowns don’t save money,” Fleischmann said.