On the recordMarch 13, 2014
I have a brief statement that I know everyone is excited to hear, but everyone should be advised that when we return after next week, there is so much, so much to do. We need to pass the Ukrainian bill that Foreign Relations reported yesterday. We have a new bipartisan unemployment insurance compromise introduced today that was put together by a group of bipartisan Senators. We have the SGR, the so-called doc fix, to prevent a 24-percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, which would be extremely hurtful to patients. We have to do that. We have a backlog of nominations we have to do. Everyone should understand--I hope it is not necessary--because of the enormous amount of work we have to do this month, Senators should be on notice--all Senators--that there is a high probability that we need to be in session on the weekend of March 29 and 30, before the end of the month. ____________________
