Dusty Johnson: “I have come here today on the floor in good faith. I have come here not to argue. I have come here trying to find…”

“I have come here today on the floor in good faith. I have come here not to argue. I have come here trying to find agreement. And I have listened to the Senator from Virginia, now the Senator from Maryland, and I have to say, I don't know exactly what percentage, but probably 95, 98 percent of what they have said, I agree with. I do have to point out, and this would be the most--I would say this is a partisan comment. We have voted now 12 times on a measure that would open up the government. It is what the House passed as a clean CR, similar, if not identical, to what happened 13 times during the Biden administration--just a clean CR to open up the government at President Biden's levels, funding levels that Democrats voted for. By the way, you know, House Republicans could have come to the table with a CR with $1.5 trillion of spending reductions to match the $1.5 trillion of spending increase the Democrats wanted, and now there would be areas of compromise. But the House Republicans basically said here is the deal: Let's not shut down the government. Let's not make Federal Government workers pay for our dysfunction. So pass a clean CR at President Biden's funding levels. So, again, that has been voted down 12 times, regrettably. But let me set that aside. I found out about the Senator from Maryland's proposal last May. I got the language this morning. I have got the bill here.”