[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 181 (Thursday, October 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7848-S7849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, we will soon have a voice vote on a 
motion to adjourn the Senate until next week. Had there been a recorded 
rollcall vote on that motion, I would have been a resounding ``no,'' 
and I ask to be recorded as a ``no'' based on my strongest opposition 
to Members leaving town.

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  This is day 30 of the Federal Government shutdown. Agencies are 
shuttered. Important services are paused and unavailable. Countless 
Americans have missed paychecks because of our failure to do our job to 
keep the government open.
  It only gets worse as this drags on.
  On November 1, an estimated 42 million Americans will miss out on 
their monthly benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program, or SNAP, which are essential for individuals and families 
across the country, including countless military families in Alaska.
  We have seen delays at major airports. People are canceling 
appointments as they cut back on expenses. Businesses are losing 
business they count on to keep their doors open.
  None of this should be acceptable to us.
  At the start of this week, I came to the Floor and asserted that we 
need to stay here and stay in session until we have reached agreement 
to re-open the government. I remain convinced of that. Instead of 
adjourning, we need to lock ourselves in a room and figure this out--
because real people are being needlessly hurt as Members fly out for 
another long weekend.

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