McConnell on Remaining Items for this Congress
‘The Senate has a number of issues to wrap up including the conference reports on the Water Resources Development Act, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, and the National Defense Authorization Act.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding remaining work before the 114th Congress comes to a close:
“The Senate has a number of issues to wrap up including the conference reports on the Water Resources Development Act, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, and the National Defense Authorization Act.
“The action taken by the Senate yesterday will allow us to have a final vote on the critical Iran Sanctions Extension Act sometime this week.
“Later today the House is set to vote on the 21st Century Cures bill, an important medical research and innovation bill that contains a number of bipartisan priorities.
“Once their work is complete, the Senate will consider this measure and send it to the president’s desk.
“Talks on the continuing resolution are ongoing, and I’ll have more to say on that in the coming days.”
Related Issues: Health Care, NDAA, Infrastructure, Iran, Energy
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