[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S429-S430]
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                         Bipartisan Legislation

  Mr. President, the other thing is--on another subject, but just a 
short statement. I had a chance within the last 3 hours to meet with 
another Senator with the President of the United States down at the 
White House on another subject.
  But at the end of that meeting, I complimented the President on his 
Executive order--I think, of last June--in which he mandated to all 
agencies of

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government: Do everything you can to make sure there is competition 
working in our free marketplace. And at that point, he suggested a 
bipartisan bill that I have dealing with meatpacking and animal--beef--
slaughter. So I told him today that maybe we can work on that piece of 
legislation, as well, in a bipartisan way.
  So I could point out three issues that I have moving with Democrats 
that could be brought up now. I will bet every one of the 99 Senators 
in here have bipartisan bills that they could be working on, and we 
ought to start that process going if we are going to have success for 
the year of 2022.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.