[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S727]
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          Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act

  Mr. President, on the CR, soon our Republican colleagues must come to 
an agreement with Democrats for passing a continuing resolution to keep 
the government open until March 11. This extension is necessary in 
order to give appropriators more time to arrive at an omnibus.
  On the one hand, bipartisan negotiations on a yearlong spending bill 
continue to go well--a credit to everyone working on this issue from 
both sides of the aisle. I thank Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Shelby, 
and my House colleagues.
  On the other hand, right now, the thing we must do--the responsible 
thing to do--is to pass the CR before the deadline on Friday. Democrats 
are united in approving it just as it was approved with great 
bipartisan support in the House.
  Nobody here wants a Republican government shutdown. I dare say 
Republicans prefer not to have a Republican shutdown, but for that to 
happen, Republicans must keep working with us on an agreement to move 
quickly on a CR. Democrats are working in good faith to reach a time 
agreement soon with our Republican colleagues. There is every reason in 
the world to arrive at an agreement quickly, so I urge my colleagues on 
the other side to keep working with us to get there.