[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S680]
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                           GOVERNMENT FUNDING

  Mr. SCHUMER. Next, on the CR, before the end of the week, the Senate 
must come to an agreement to pass a short-term extension of government 
funding in order to give appropriators more time to complete a yearlong 
omnibus. It is the most responsible thing we can do to support our 
appropriators as they continue their bipartisan work to finish an 
omnibus. No one--and certainly not my Republican colleagues--wants a 
Republican government shutdown; so I am hopeful that they will 
cooperate with us to pass this necessary CR, which every single 
Democrat wants to happen and will cooperate to make sure that it 
happens.
  Once again, I thank Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Shelby for 
their leadership and for working in good faith to arrive at a yearlong 
spending agreement. I also commend my colleagues in the House, Chairman 
DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger, Democrat and Republican, for their 
work. A yearlong omnibus is a thousand times better than relying on 
CRs--continuing resolutions--to lurch from one short-term extension to 
the next. I remain optimistic that both sides will keep working 
together on drafting legislation to fund the government so it can fully 
serve the American people while keeping us safe here at home.
  In the meantime, both sides should come to an agreement to make sure 
the CR--the continuing resolution, the short-term funding of the 
government--is passed by this Chamber to avoid even any hint of a 
government shutdown.

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