On the recordJuly 12, 2016
I ask the Senator--and I see my colleague, Senator Murray of Washington, on the floor, who is in a very important position, and she is going to address this issue in a few moments. But is it not true that we worked out a bipartisan compromise in the Senate--not to give $1.9 billion, which, on the Democratic side, is our aspiration, but at least to agree with the Republicans in the Senate to $1.1 billion to respond to the President's request for an emergency response; and that we passed the bill in the Senate with 89 votes--an overwhelming bipartisan vote--with an agreement and a compromise in May, and this was sent over to the House of Representatives in May of this year?
