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This weekend marked one year since President Donald Trump took office.
Republicans control all the levers of our government: the House, the Senate, and the presidency.
All of you know Republicans control all the levers of government. They control the House, the control the Senate, they control the White House and, as Dick Durbin pointed out this morning, they control the Supreme Court.
Ladies and gentlemen of the House, we are confronting a very serious situation as all of us know.
It's time to stop dissembling, failing to agree.
[Republicans] have been kicking the can down the road too often. In September, all 183 Democrats that voted, voted to extend for 90 days the government funding so that we could negotiate and reach agreements.
Mr. Speaker, we are now four months into the fiscal year, and this is our fourth Continuing Resolution. [Rep. Diaz-Balart] says now is the time to work things out.
Look, this is not solely about DREAMers.
Despite being four months into the fiscal year, Republicans still have not worked with Democrats to reach an agreement to raise the spending caps and fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. This week, Republicans will put forward yet another Continuing Resolution that kicks the can down the road for a fourth time this fiscal year.