I have to also say, again in the context as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, that we are expected to create miracles around here by completing this omnibus package, going to conference with the House of Representatives, getting that resolved, and getting the conference reports adopted before midnight Friday this week. I am not a miracle person. I cannot commit miracles. Others in history have. But I am not such a person.
Discussing the challenges of completing the omnibus package as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
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