Sen. Leahy Issues Statement As Deadline Nears for Completion of Budget Negotiations
January 10, 2018
January 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The office of Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following floor statement as deadline nears for completion of 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 . . .
"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 . . .