President, let me speak for a moment in my role as vice chairman
of the Senate Appropriations Committee about the continuing resolution
that the distinguished majority leader has just mentioned. The current spending caps set in place by law will not responsibly
fund the government or alleviate the consequences of sequestration on
both our domestic priorities and our military readiness. Since March 1, along with many others, I have constantly repeated
that we must reach a bipartisan budget deal that is based on parity,
free of poison pill riders, not waste taxpayer dollars on a useless
border wall, which we will never be reimbursed for by Mexico. But with
the current continuing resolution expiring tomorrow, we are running out
of time to reach an agreement. The continuing resolution before us today will allow us more time to
reach a bipartisan agreement and keep the government's lights on during
negotiations.
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