[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8690-S8691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE BUDGET AND TAX EXTENDERS

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to call attention to the 
significant contributions public servants

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make to our Nation each day. It appears that we are close to the final 
conclusion to the budget and tax extenders debate, and hopefully we 
will soon all be able to go home to see our families. I have a little 
easier opportunity with that than the Presiding Officer.
  It does appear that this year we may be able to put together a 2-year 
budget process, which is a step in the right direction. Too often 
Congress punts on its public responsibilities with stopgap solutions to 
our country's problems. Through all these challenges, though, our 
public servants, particularly our Federal employees, with little 
recognition and less fanfare work through these ups and downs to 
improve Americans' lives.

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