WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after voting to support a continuing resolution that will fund the government until March 14:
“I am glad to support this continuing resolution that will keep the government open for three months, fund disaster relief efforts, and reauthorize the farm bill to provide needed stability for Delaware’s farmers and growers. However, I would have much preferred to be celebrating a bill that also made meaningful reforms to lower drug prices and revamped critical workforce training programs, among other provisions. That’s what we were set to take up earlier this week, before loud voices from the far-right fringe undermined weeks of painstaking bipartisan negotiations between the House, Senate, and White House, between Democrats and Republicans. Moreover, this bill is only a temporary fix for government funding. We need to complete work on fiscal year 2025 appropriations.
“Just as we did tonight, we will continue to need bipartisan majorities next year in order to fund the government and deliver results for the American people. I hope we all resolve in the new year not to govern by tweet and to find more productive ways to legislate.”
Senator Coons is Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS).