Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, we can't be back here in the same situation in 2 weeks. We need a CR that gives us the actual time to get through our bipartisan spending bills. Believe me, I would love to say we could get this done in 2 weeks. But we know that is not realistic, because even the three that passed unanimously out of my committee have run into delays, as the Senator from Wisconsin knows all too well. And, just as importantly, this bill does nothing to reauthorize time- sensitive programs. It does not reauthorize the FAA, which means chaos for air travelers. It doesn't reauthorize our community health centers and other critical primary care programs, which means patients in our underserved areas will lose access to programs they need. And it doesn't protect our wildland firefighters from a drastic pay cut. It doesn't extend disaster relief funding or Ukraine's aid. We have before this body a carefully negotiated bipartisan CR that does include all of those absolutely essential policies, that has already garnered more than enough support to pass here in the Senate, and that I am confident will pass the House as soon as Speaker McCarthy actually puts it to a vote. That is where our attention needs to be, not on a slapdash bill that puts us back here in 2 weeks and completely leaves air travel, health care providers, firefighters, and so much more in a lurch. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.”