WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after he voted with the Senate to avoid a partial government shutdown by continuing existing funding levels through part of March:
“This continuing resolution prevents a partial government shutdown from occurring this weekend and provides for adequate time to finally complete the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process without resorting to more short-term measures.
“I thank Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, and Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Susan Collins for their leadership and commitment to bipartisan negotiations. The American people deserve a transparent and functioning appropriations process, and I am confident that over the course of the next month, we can pass all 12 spending bills to keep the federal government open and deliver funding for many critical Delaware projects.”
Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS).