Griffith statement on Rule for Omnibus Appropriations Bill

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement today regarding his vote on the rule to bring up the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill:

“This rule allows the omnibus appropriations bill to be taken up less than 24 hours after being posted. I plan to vote against this same-day rule.

“I have pledged to read every bill before I could vote in favor of it. The omnibus is 2,232 pages long, which is too much to read between the time it was released (around 8pm, March 21^st) and the time when it is expected to go up for a vote (around 1pm, March 22^nd). I’ve learned to be a quick reader in this job, but the anticipated time frame of less than a day simply is too short for me to read this omnibus in its entirety.”