The statement is a counterfactual claim about what would have happened if Democrats had voted differently on appropriations. Without specific details about which votes, which provisions, and the exact timeline being referenced, it is impossible to verify whether this hypothetical scenario is factually accurate. The statement expresses a political opinion about causality rather than a verifiable fact.

The statement attributes a quote to Senator Mike Rounds dated 2026-05-01, which is in the future relative to the current date (2024). No verifiable record exists of Rounds making this statement on that date, making the attribution false.

The statement is too vague to fact-check as it doesn't specify which appropriations process or which problems are being referenced, making it impossible to verify the claimed causal relationship.