[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 192 (Monday, November 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Work Before the Senate

  But now, Madam President, we are back, and we have a lot of work to 
do before the end of the year and precious little time to do it. 
Funding for the government expires a week from this Friday. Eight 
hundred thousand Dreamers are waiting to hear whether they can live and 
work in the only country they have ever known. Almost 9 million 
children are waiting for us to reauthorize the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, and millions more are waiting for us to restore 
funding for community health centers--the most cost-effective, and 
often only, healthcare lots of people can get.
  We also need to fund the cost-sharing program that holds down 
premiums and out-of-pocket costs for low-income Americans because the 
administration refuses to do so. Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto 
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are desperately in need of additional 
aid to recover from the natural disaster that God brought on them.
  Also, the debt ceiling must be raised again, and in short order.
  So we need to come to agreements on all of these issues, and quickly.
  To that end, the four leaders will meet with the President tomorrow. 
Hopefully, we can make progress on an agreement that covers those time-
sensitive issues and keeps the government running and working for the 
American people.