OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 10, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I call up substitute amendment No. 3937.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.

(The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') Cloture Motion

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3941 from Senator Paul.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.
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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I move to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the reading be dispensed with.

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Mr. THUNE. 168, H.R. 5371.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I would ask unanimous consent that the remaining rollcall votes be 10 minutes in length.

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Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, this has been a very long road--quite literally, the longest shutdown in history. I am very, very happy to be able to say that we are coming to the end.

Before we close today, I want to take the time to say thank you to my staff, who have worked around the clock tirelessly now for the past 6 weeks; to the staff of the Appropriations Committee, who have played a critical role in getting us to where we are today; to the Cloakroom staff; to every Senate staffer on both sides of the aisle, who has spent 41 days coming into work without pay; to the custodial staff, who, again without pay, have kept this building and the Senate office buildings livable; to all institutional staff, without whom this place would not run; to the Secretary of the Senate and everyone in her office; the Sergeant at Arms and her team; the Architect of the Capitol and his staff; and everyone on the floor right now making this session happen; and to the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police, who have shown up during this shutdown day in and day out to protect the rest of us. I am humbled by and grateful for your service.

I know that the strain of these weeks has been immense, and you all have families, rent to meet, bills to pay, car and mortgage payments. I am grateful for all you have done to keep the Senate running and for all that you do every day, shutdown or no shutdown, to serve the Senate and to serve our country.

With that, after 6 excruciating weeks, I will stop talking and let all of you get some rest.

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