Hopefully, they will get there. Mr. President. Republicans have worked hard all year to get us back to taking up appropriations bills through regular order. We had a positive start with the Senate passing three appropriations bills before the August state work period, something that hadn't been done here since 2018. Then we hit a setback when Democrats decided to shut the government down for six weeks. That, Mr. President, was disappointing, obviously. (00:50–00:59)
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Asserts that the Senate passed three appropriations bills before August, a first since 2018.
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