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Business Before the Senate

Floor Speech

Date: April 8, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I have another point to make, which I think I have made once or twice before. Remember last December, we got to December and didn't pass 12 appropriations bills. We didn't pass a farm bill. We didn't debate the DOD authorization bill. We didn't solve the high prescription drug prices, and about 65 Senators backed bills doing that.

So I want to remind my colleagues that there are 14 Fridays between now and the end of this fiscal year on September 30, and we ought to think about, do we want another December 2025 without doing 12 appropriations bills, without doing a farm bill, without doing the DOD authorization bill, without a debate in the Senate, and not doing anything about high prescription drug prices?

Now is the time to start thinking about whether a 2- or 3-day working week in the U.S. Senate is enough time to do all this important stuff.

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