The presiding officer the senator from michigan. Mr. Levin mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Levin mr. President , the bill that we are about to vote on is a good bill. Its the product of a an extensive bipartisan, bicameral agreement between the Armed Services committees of the senate and the house of representatives. We have passed a defense bill every year for the last 51 years. This bill deserves to be the 52nd, because like our previous bills, it does the right thing for our troops, their families and our nations security. It passed the house with a vote of 35069, and it deserves an equally strong bipartisan vote in the senate tonight. Now, yesterday, i praised the members of our committee, and i also noted the amazing work of our staff, and im not going to repeat that. This bill is not a Christmas Gift to our troops and their families, authorizing funding for our t
Temptations that would thwart or effectiveness as you deliver us from evil. Use our lawmakers to lift the burdens of the lost, last, lonely, and least, bringing deliverance to captives and permitting the oppressed to be unshackled. Dwell in the hearts of our senators, enabling them to be rooted and grounded in your lo love. We pray in powerful name. Amen of the. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, justice for all. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The president pro tempore the senior senator from illinois, deputy majority leader. Mr. Durbin mr. President , senator reid, the majority leader, is absent today and i will be acting in his place. Senator reid called me this morning. He sounded good and we look forward to his speedy recovery. Following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will resume
Really moves. It will enable us to make smart choices about investments in america instead of government with auto pilot through a continuing funding resolution. This agreement saves america from lurch tprg from lurching from one continuing funding resolution to another. And its a fair compromise. For 2014, its 24 billion above the house proposed budget, but its 45 billion below the Senate Proposed budget. Our budget leadership met in the middle and really saw that that would be an adequate compromise. It is i would have preferred the 1058 level, but its adequate. The bipartisan agreement also, as i said, prevents harm to the middle class. What i think america is looking for, though, is not only numbers of programs and so on. They want us to get our act together. They want to us really do our job and do it in a way thats sensible and civil. And i believe that thats what was done in that budget committee. They want us to Work Together across the aisle and across the dome. This bipartisa
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