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On the recordFebruary 20, 2025
Mr. President, I so much appreciate the collaboration and cooperation and communication between the Budget team here on this side of the aisle and Senator Graham's team. We have had the chance to all be on the floor and have the discussion about issues that we rarely get to have. It isn't quite the give-and- take that you might see in some legislatures, but we are, in fact, here wrestling with the national issues. This budget resolution comes down to one thing, and that is that families lose and billionaires win. I said at the beginning of the night that over the course of the evening, amendments would show that Democrats are standing up for families--on groceries, on healthcare, on housing, on education, on childcare--and that is what has been demonstrated tonight. I still invite our Republican colleagues to join us--join with us-- and help the families of America rather than attacking the programs that serve them in order to fund tax giveaways for billionaires. Tax giveaways for billionaires will not make our Nation stronger; stronger families will make our Nation stronger. Vote on S. Con. Res. 7 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question occurs on adoption of the concurrent resolution, as amended.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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