“This continuing resolution is a blank check for Elon Musk and creates more flexibility for him to steal from the middle class, seniors, veterans, working people, small businesses, and farmers to pay for tax breaks for billionaires,” said Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro. “Veterans will suffer with higher housing costs, poorer quality of health care at the VA, and no advance funding for treatment from exposure to toxic chemicals. It makes the cost of living worse for so many hardworking people. It raises rents for many low-income families. With reduced staff and closure of Social Security offices, seniors will struggle. This bill also cuts Army Corps of Engineers construction projects by more than 40 percent, while Elon Musk’s SpaceX program gets special treatment across the government.”

• With a full-year continuing resolution, the guardrails are off. Elon Musk and President Trump will have
even more leeway to shutoff and repurpose funding as they see fit.
• Among the many problems, the bill forces evictions of more than 32,000 households, jeopardizes Social
Security, slashes infrastructure investments, and cuts nutrition assistance.
• This Republican full-year continuing resolution reneges on veterans’ medical care and creates future
uncertainty. More veterans are enrolled in VA care than ever. This bill fails to include $22.8 billion in
fiscal year 2026 advanced funding for the Toxic Exposures Fund to care for veterans exposed to burn
pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances.
• Courts rely on Congressional directives to understand the intent of laws – omitting those directives in a
full-year continuing resolution would abandon our allies engaged in litigation to protect American
families and businesses.
• The bill cuts funding for nondefense programs and services by $13 billion while increasing defense
spending by $6 billion compared to fiscal year 2024 enacted levels. It cuts nondefense funding by
$15 billion and defense by $3 billion relative to the fiscal year 2025 levels in the Fiscal Responsibility
Act agreement.