WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune's remarks below (as delivered):
"Mr. President, if it were up to Republicans, we would have finished the appropriations process months ago.
"We made a lot of progress on restoring the appropriations process this past year."
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"But that progress was disrupted.
"It was disrupted first when Democrats shut down the entire federal government in the fall.
"It was disrupted again when Democrats refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security in February.
"And it was disrupted yet again when Democrats walked away from bipartisan talks because the...