On the recordMarch 22, 2024
it has been a long road, but we are about to vote on a bipartisan funding bill that the House passed overwhelmingly, and we are finally ready to close the book on fiscal year 2024. This is not the legislation the Democrats and Republicans would have written on our own. It is the result of tough negotiations. It is a bipartisan package that invests in families and our country's future. I want to thank Vice Chair Collins and so many others for working with us to get this done. This was not easy, but we all know how important the investments are that this bill makes in our country. It matters. So I hope all of our colleagues will join us now in voting to send these bipartisan bills to the President's desk. We don't have a minute to spare. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Maine.
