Rep. Mike Levin’s Statement on the Continuing Resolution
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2025 government funding bill, known as the Continuing Resolution (CR).
“My job is simple: deliver real results for the people I represent and stay fully committed to our community. That means fighting for veterans, protecting Social Security and Medicare, ensuring clean air and water, and strengthening small businesses. Every bill I consider comes down to one question: will this do more good than harm?
“That is the standard I am applying to this Continuing Resolution. And the answer is clear: this bill does far more harm than good.
“A government shutdown would cause real short-term damage. But the long-term destruction happening right now under Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE—which I think really stands for ‘Destruction of Government by Elon’—is a far greater threat.
“Musk’s team is shutting down Social Security offices, slashing veterans’ services, delaying disability claims, and gutting the very tools needed to fight fraud. They are doing this without public debate, without Congressional approval, and in direct violation of Article I of the Constitution, which gives only Congress the power of the purse.
“This is not politics—it is a test of whether we still have a functioning democracy. Congress—not Trump, not Musk—decides how tax dollars are spent. If we rubber-stamp this Continuing Resolution, we are effectively surrendering that power.
“On top of that, this bill fails our communities. It provides zero dollars for wildfire recovery, leaving California families and small businesses without the help they need.
“Let’s be clear: Republicans control the White House. Republicans control the House. Republicans control the Senate. They made the decision to walk away from bipartisan negotiations. They wrote this bill behind closed doors, with no Democratic input. And they alone own the consequences.
“So when I weigh the short-term harm of a shutdown against the far greater damage of allowing this chaos and lawlessness to continue, the choice is clear.
“That is why I will be voting no on this Continuing Resolution. Not because I want a shutdown—but because I refuse to be complicit in this chaos and destruction. I am ready to fund the government in a way that protects the people I serve. But I will never stand by while Trump and Musk dismantle the programs Americans paid into and earned.”
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