President Donald Trump on Friday released a statement urging members of the House to approve bipartisan legislation that would “fix” a budget issue for Washington, D.C. that already passed in the Senate.

City officials have warned in recent weeks that the legislation is needed to prevent major cuts to the district’s budget caused by the stopgap funding measure, which did not include necessary language to keep the city operating under a budget approved by its own leadership.  Without this, Washington to lose about $1 billion from its budget in the upcoming months.

“Washington, D.C., must become CLEAN and SAFE again! We need our Great Police back on the street, with no excuses from the Mayor, or anyone else,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday.

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