Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Continuing To Make Progress On Bipartisan Appropriations Legislation

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate’s progress on bipartisan appropriations bills, including the consideration of dozens of amendments. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

The Senate today will continue the bipartisan appropriations process here on the floor.

Yesterday, Senators were busy voting through a number of amendments offered by both sides. We held roll call votes on four amendments offered by our Republican colleagues, and adopted 25 additional amendments – many of them bipartisan – by voice vote.

We have more amendment votes to hold later today, and members should expect to keep voting into next week.

It is my hope that we can wrap up work on these appropriations bills as soon as next week. When the Senate passes these three bills, they will be the only appropriations bills passed in either chamber that both parties support, and I think that’s key to remember as we move forward.

When I spoke to newly elected Speaker Johnson, I said the only way we’ll solve our most pressing problems – funding the government, avoiding a shutdown, passing a supplemental – will be bipartisanship. The Senate has been a model for how we can make bipartisanship happen, and it’s all to the credit of our appropriators, particularly Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins.

I thank my colleagues for their work. I look forward to holding more amendment votes today and into next week.

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