[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE BUDGET AND TAX EXTENDERS

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today to call attention to the 
significant contributions public servants make to our Nation each day. 
It appears that we are close to the final conclusion to the budget and 
tax extenders debate, and hopefully we will soon all be able to go home 
to see our families. I have a little easier opportunity with that than 
the Presiding Officer.
  It does appear that this year we may be able to put together a 2-year 
budget process, which is a step in the right direction. Too often 
Congress punts on its public responsibilities with stopgap solutions to 
our country's problems. Through all these challenges, though, our 
public servants, particularly our Federal employees, with little 
recognition and less fanfare work through these ups and downs to 
improve Americans' lives.

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