Roy Blunt: “I believe we can work together to find consensus on the Department's budget.”

I want to thank my good friend Senator McConnell for his comments this morning, and I have reserved some time this afternoon for what would be my official farewell address in the Senate. But as it relates to our leader, Mr. McConnell, he…

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Through the strong, bipartisan action of this Subcommittee's leaders, Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray, Congress is helping the agency regain lost ground after years of effectively flat budgets.

I ask unanimous consent that Jeremy Pinson, a military fellow from my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________