Sen. Leahy Issues Statement on Budget Negotiations
January 10, 2018
January 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on fiscal 2018 budget negotiations:
"Just last week we began the Second Session of the 115th Congress. It is 2018 and we should be talking about what we can accomplish for the American people in the New Year. Instead, we face a long list of unfinished business from 2017, and a very short window in which to get it done.
"Just last week we began the Second Session of the 115th Congress. It is 2018 and we should be talking about what we can accomplish for the American people in the New Year. Instead, we face a long list of unfinished business from 2017, and a very short window in which to get it done.