[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2461]
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                       BUSINESS BEFORE THE SENATE

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I have another point to make, which I 
think I have made once or twice before. Remember last December, we got 
to December and didn't pass 12 appropriations bills. We didn't pass a 
farm bill. We didn't debate the DOD authorization bill. We didn't solve 
the high prescription drug prices, and about 65 Senators backed bills 
doing that.
  So I want to remind my colleagues that there are 14 Fridays between 
now and the end of this fiscal year on September 30, and we ought to 
think about, do we want another December 2025 without doing 12 
appropriations bills, without doing a farm bill, without doing the DOD 
authorization bill, without a debate in the Senate, and not doing 
anything about high prescription drug prices?
  Now is the time to start thinking about whether a 2- or 3-day working 
week in the U.S. Senate is enough time to do all this important stuff.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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