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James Lankford: “If we get to the end of a fiscal year and appropriations are…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Gives Opening Remarks During House Appropriations Testimony on Ending Government Shutdowns

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

The bill does not solve every fiscal and budgetary problem that we need to address. It just solves one thing. It prevents a government shutdown. Very simply. If we get to the end of a fiscal year and appropriations are not complete, an automatic continuing resolution kicks in for two weeks. It self renews. But however, here's the. Here's the part that I think a lot of people miss. (02:27–02:34)

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Asserts that the bill proposes an automatic two-week continuing resolution if appropriations are incomplete.

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