Something that Democrat senators have said that they want to see done, but something that Leader Schumer didn't do when they had the majority. They didn't do appropriations bills. This is new leadership. We're trying to do appropriations bills in the old fashioned way, in an open, transparent way where the Appropriations Committee writes the bills with Democrat and Republican input, reports them out to the floor where we have an open amendment process. This is simply about keeping that appropriations process going. I don't know what we're supposed to be negotiating. (07:02–07:19)
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Asserts that the current leadership is attempting to conduct appropriations bills in an open, transparent manner.
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