Josh Earnest WH Press Secretary Apprieaction thread
Q Will he ask Congress to delay its break?
MR. EARNEST: Well, I'll let him speak to that. If he decides that that's what they should do, then he will say so. At this point it's the responsibility of the leaders in Congress to determine their own schedule.
There's no doubt that there's a lot of important work that needs to get done this week. That includes continuing to follow through on these VA reforms on which an agreement was announced over the weekend. So hopefully that can move forward without any delay or incident.
We certainly would like to see a step taken in terms of passing the supplemental appropriations request that this administration put forward several weeks ago to ensure that the administration has the resources necessary to deal with the problem at the border.
That being said, we could certainly address many of the problems at the border if Congress -- if the House were to take action on comprehensive immigration reform legislation that's already passed the Senate. The Senate did their work more than a year ago. Just by taking one simple vote, the House of Representatives could approve that legislation. The President would sign it. That would do more to improve our economy, create jobs and reduce the deficit than so many other things that Congress is debating right now.
I think what is the source of particular disappointment on this end of Pennsylvania Avenue, and I think of people in both parties across the country is to see that Congress -- House Republicans in particular -- are using this very valuable time to debate a piece of legislation that would allow House Republicans to file a taxpayer-funded lawsuit against the President of the United States. I certainly don't think that rises to the level of a priority that so many of these other things Congress is ignoring right now.
Let's move around a little bit. Leslie.
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