[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 190 (Friday, December 20, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S7247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                           Government Funding

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, if Republicans do not work with Democrats 
in a bipartisan way very soon, the government will shut down at 
midnight.
  It is time to go back to the original agreement we had just a few 
days ago. It is time the House votes on our bipartisan CR. It is the 
quickest, simplest, and easiest way we can make sure the government 
stays open while delivering critical emergency aid to the American 
people.
  If the House put our original agreement on the floor today, it would 
pass, and we could put the threat of a shutdown behind us. Our 
agreement would keep the government open, provide emergency aid for 
communities battered by hurricanes and other natural disasters, support 
our seniors, support our doctors, nurses, rural hospitals, and protect 
our farmers from the dairy cliff.
  As I said, the only--only--way to get anything done is through 
bipartisanship.