Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Floor Speech

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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, Members of Congress understand the needs of our constituents far better than any well-intentioned Federal employee located here in Washington.

The CDS projects provide funding for States, communities, and nonprofit organizations. The process is completely open and transparent. Senators who submit such requests are required to post their requests on their official websites, along with a certification that neither they nor their immediate family members have any financial interest in the items requested.

All of the fiscal year 2026 CDS requests submitted to the Appropriations Committee can be found in a searchable table that has been posted on the committee's website.

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Ms. COLLINS. I urge our colleagues to defeat this amendment, and I move to table.

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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 4273 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support the funding package that is before us. It includes full-year funding for the following bills: the Department of Defense; Financial Services and General Government; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; National Security; Department of Defense; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development.

Colleagues, when we pass this package and when it is signed into law on top of the previous packages, we will have funded 96 percent of all of government.

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Mr. President, the package also continues funding for the Department of Homeland Security for 2 weeks to allow us additional time to evaluate further changes in ICE procedures beyond those that we have already included in this bill.

Let me end by thanking our Appropriations Committee members for the tremendous efforts that they put into getting us to this wonderful achievement. These are fiscally responsible bills that reflect months of hard work and deliberation from Members from both parties and both sides of the Capitol.

Enacting this package will represent a major milestone and show that Congress can work together in a bipartisan manner to carry out our article I responsibilities and deliver real results for the people that we are honored to represent.

Again, my thanks to the leadership and to the committee members and, of course, to our great staff. I urge my colleagues to support this important package. Vote on H.R. 7148

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