I just advise my friend, if he is worried about tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires, he might want to get rid of SALT deductions in this current bill. With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), my very good friend and member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the only pharmacist in Congress.
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The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.
We want to take away the possibility of a shutdown between now and the election.
The only reason we’re doing it now is, first, the Senate Democrats, I think, have misused the filibuster, and honestly, the Republicans have let them misuse the filibuster.
It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.
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