vote yet tonight on a short-term continuing resolution in the next week to allow for time for this agreement to be put together in legislative form and brought to the floor of the house and senate for a vote. this agreement between democrats and republicans on behalf of all americans is on a budget that invests in our future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history. some of the cuts we agreed to will be painful. programs people rely on will be cut back. needed infrastructure projects will be delayed. and i would not have made these cuts in better circumstances. but beginning to live within our means is the only way to protect those investments that will help america compete for new jobs. investments in our kids education and student loans. and clean energy and life-saving elmedical research. we protected the investments we need to win the future.