And this week we're doing something a bit unusual. We're bringing appropriations legislation to the floor. Why do I say that's unusual, Mr. President? Well, because Last year, despite the fact that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved 11 out of the 12 yearly appropriations bills with bipartisan support, the Democrat leader never brought a single one of those bills to the floor. Not one. And one of the things that I've been determined to do as leader is to restore us as much as possible to a regular order appropriations process, to … (00:18–00:34)
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Asserts that last year, the Democrat leader did not bring any of the 11 bipartisan-approved appropriations bills to the floor.
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