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Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2022 and Setting Forth the Appropriate Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Years 2023 Through 2031

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 10, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Mrs. BLACKBURN. 3062 be called up and reported by number.

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Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, this amendment maintains what has been the existing right of any Senator to weigh in on the special treatment we give to designated funds.

As it stands, this current budget resolution would destroy that right and allow a simple majority of Senators free rein to declare anything and everything an emergency. Without this amendment, fiscal discipline will go out the window, along with the rules laid out in the Budget Act and any chance of countering the Biden administration's reckless socialist agenda.

The existing rule worked for bipartisan COVID relief, and it will continue to work for this body. There is nothing broken here to fix.
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