[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5636]
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                             APPROPRIATIONS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, this week, we will also address our 
responsibility to keep the Federal Government funded.
  The Republicans regret that our Democratic colleagues have chosen to 
back away from the agreement we all reached just last month to ensure a 
smooth, bipartisan funding process. We regret that the Democrats chose 
to block funding for the national defense, including a pay raise for 
our men and women in uniform, in order to pick a partisan fight with 
the White House.
  Yet, for the sake of the country, our near-term priority is that of 
passing a continuing resolution so the government can stay open while 
work continues. I am glad the continuing resolution on the table earned 
significant bipartisan support across the Capitol and has also earned 
the green light from the White House. The Senate will vote on it this 
week. As Chairman Shelby and Senator Leahy continue their work on 
regular order appropriations, I hope the cooperation that has 
surrounded this CR can carry over and that we can get the 
appropriations process back on track.

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