[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, as the Republican leader mentioned, we 
continue to work toward a budget agreement. Negotiations are ongoing. I 
hope Democrats and Republicans will come to a resolution that is good 
for our economy and our country. It is imperative that we avoid yet 
another manufactured crisis that threatens the American economy and 
jobs. There is no reason to have a crisis. We must do it in a 
responsible manner.
  As I have been saying for a long time, it is past time that we do 
away with the harmful, draconian sequester cuts. We must also ensure 
that there are equal defense and nondefense cuts or increases. They 
need to be equal.
  Madam President, I see no one on the floor wishing to speak. I ask 
the Chair to announce the business of the rest of the day.

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