Olszewski Introduces Amendments to Protect Congressional Funding Authority
November 12, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) — Maryland Congressman Johnny Olszewski last night introduced two amendments to the Senate-passed Continuing Resolution (CR) that would prevent President Trump and his Administration from unilaterally canceling funding approved by Congress. You can watch Congressman Olszewski’s testimony before the House Committee on Rules here.
The amendments would:
1) eliminate the President’s authority to expedite the rescissions process and;
2) prohibit the President from canceling funds shortly before they expire.
The provisions are designed to close loopholes exploited by President Trump to revoke $9 billion from the previous bipartisan CR and to halt energy projects nationwide. The Administration has even threatened funding for the reconstruction of Baltimore’s Key Bridge, despite Congress’s prior approval.
“Any path forward should include one simple guarantee: the commitments we make to the American people and each other will not be unilaterally undone by the Administration tomorrow,” said Congressman Olszewski. “When we shake hands on a bipartisan budget deal, that deal should stick. Without that protection, no deal is worth the paper it’s written on.”
“As a co-equal branch of government, we should be vigorously guarding our power of the purse — not giving that power away,” Olszewski added.
Congressman Olszewski has long championed stronger guardrails to protect Congress’s constitutional spending authority. Even before the government shutdown began, he had called for bipartisan reforms to ensure transparency and stability in the federal budget process.
He is also supporting an amendment that would extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years, led by House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Without these changes, Congressman Olszewski has made it clear he intends to vote against the CR.