[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             APPROPRIATIONS

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, the House Appropriations Committee has been 
busy doing the hard work the American people expect, working in a 
bipartisan way to pass the needed appropriations bills required to fund 
the various agencies and programs in our Federal Government.
  We have focused on reducing and reforming spending, while 
prioritizing funding for important programs--for job training, cancer 
research, and veterans' programs--while holding the line on out-of-
control government waste.
  With the passage this week of the House Financial Services 
Appropriations bill, led by Chairman Crenshaw, we will have passed 
seven of the 12 required appropriations bills across the House floor. 
We will continue our work to finish the job.
  Mr. Speaker, as my House colleagues on both sides of the aisle do the 
hard work to control spending and reform government programs, sadly, 
the Senate has yet to take up one spending bill. As the September 30 
deadline approaches, I thank my House colleagues, and hope springs 
eternal that the Senate someday may take up a spending bill under 
regular order.

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