[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 598-599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2014

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
pass the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 106) making further continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The text of the joint resolution is as follows:

                             H.J. Res. 106

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-46) is 
     amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
     inserting ``January 18, 2014''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) and the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Kentucky.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on H.J. Res. 106.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  This is a very, very short-term continuing resolution to keep the 
government open and operating until January 18. The continuing 
resolution that ended the government shutdown in October provided 
funding only until January 15, which is, of course, tomorrow.
  As you know, yesterday I posted the full fiscal year 2014 omnibus to 
fund the government for the rest of the year. We hope to pass this 
comprehensive legislation tomorrow and send it to the Senate in short 
order. However, in order to allow for the Senate and White House to 
process, pass, and then sign the omnibus, we simply needed a little 
extra time for the Senate to take up the matter and work it through 
their process. This legislation extends the deadline by 3 days and 
prevents a potential lapse in appropriations that would cause 
unnecessary problems for government operations.
  I ask that my colleagues vote ``yes'' on this necessary bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise in support of this clean, short-term continuing resolution to 
ensure uninterrupted government services while we finish the omnibus 
bill.
  Mr. Speaker, our work could not begin until passage of the Murray-
Ryan budget agreement in December. The House and Senate budget 
resolutions were nearly $92 billion apart. We had already suffered an 
unnecessary government shutdown.
  The December budget agreement passed with bipartisan support, gave 
the Appropriations Committee a workable number, and allowed bipartisan, 
bicameral negotiations to occur, and we haven't wasted a moment. Our 
committee worked through the holidays to produce the fiscal year 2014 
omnibus package. I am delighted to report that it contains all 12 
spending bills and detailed direction in all areas of discretionary 
spending.
  Reaching agreement on all 12 bills was not easy and required a 
tremendous level of cooperation and compromise. Nobody got everything 
they wanted. Last night, Chairman Rogers and Chairwoman Mikulski 
released the text of the omnibus bill, and Members will now have 2 days 
to review the details before the House votes.
  Unfortunately, the current continuing resolution expires at midnight

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on Wednesday. To allow time for Senate consideration, we must now 
consider this short-term, interim CR extension. This clean 3-day CR 
will guarantee no lapse in funding while the legislative gears turn. It 
contains no policy provisions or other extraneous material. I support 
its quick passage.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the joint resolution, H.J. Res. 106.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the joint resolution was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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