i also think that wright patterson is a great military installation and i actually come from a state that has the home of the global response force, 82nd airborne down in fort bragg, when the president calls and they want to send somebody into harm's way, that's where they call first and also home to 45% of all marines that serve in the marine corps. i worry a lot about the message we're sending men and women in uniform when we can't get our act together here. everybody in suits, everybody in the senate, everybody here tonight is playing games with funding our government. right, now you would ask-- you asked for a one day cr. that didn't happen and now asking for a three-day cr. how about this? why don't we stay here until we get in done. why don't we realize the daylight is not going to come until eight or nine hours, we can get this done before 9:00 tomorrow morning, instead of asking for these half measures, a one-day cr, a three-day cr. why don't we get in a room tonight and solve our problems. why are we actually kicking the can down the road a little bit, one day, three days, w

it is the home of the wright-patterson air force base. i do not want people to go to work tomorrow morning, whether inside the fence, civilians or military, or outside the gate, i do not let them to go to work and find out that the government is closed. anotherwhy we have option. i am asking that we reopen the government right now. proceed tothe senate calendar 36, that the amendment that would provide for continuing resolution to fund be considered and agreed to, the bills be considered and passed, the motions be considered and weighed upon the table with no intervening action or to be. -- debate. >> i reserve the right to object. i am glad to hear that the gentleman from ohio once to get the government-funded. i also think wright-patterson is a great military installation. i come from a state that is the home of the global response force in fort bragg. also home to 45% of all marines who served in the marine corps. lot about the message we're sending men and women in uniform when we cannot get our act together. everybody here tonight is

it includes thousands of civilian employees at wright patterson air force base and thousands of other federal employees around the buckeye state are going to be hurt, hurt why? because of partisan politics here in washington, d.c. by the way, federal contractors i'm told are being told they can't go to work and yet they're going to get paid after the fact. how does that help taxpayers? how did we get here? spending goes through congress. congress alone has the power of the purt. every time appropriated of spending has to go through this place. unfortunately, since the fiscal year ended on september 30, democrats and republicans in congress have been unable to agree on an overall budget plan that allows us to fund what are 12 annual spending bills. since then we have passed three of these so-called continuing resolutions that are also called c.r.'s. they provide short-term funding for the government, basically a continuation of the spending of last year, just to keep the government from shutting down. that's what c.r.'s do, but they don't include new policies typically, the new spendin

wright-patterson air force base, air reserve bases and national guard basis throughout our state -- those people will face a great deal of uncertainty starting today. -- 224,000 ohio on then that depend children's health insurance .rogram this is absolutely uncalled for. did not have to happen, and it is a sad day that senate democrats, led by chuck schumer, have decided to take this irresponsible course instead of standing up to their responsibility and doing what they're constitutional mandate is -- what they're constitutional mandate is, which is support and defend the constitution of the united states -- what their constitutional mandate is. i join my colleagues in calling on senate democrats to come back. we are here. we are ready to work. we stand ready to open the government backed up, fund our military and provide health insurance for these kids. i hope you will join us. >> very good. we will take a few questions. >> thank you. democrats have made it clear the issue at hand here is immigration. doingre saying they are this because they want a daca fix that was promised that they d

it includes thousands of civilian employees at wright patterson air force base and thousands of other federal employees around the buckeye state are going to be hurt, hurt why? because of partisan politics here in washington, d.c. by the way, federal contractors i'm told are being told they can't go to work and yet they're going to get paid after the fact. how does that help taxpayers? how did we get here? spending goes through congress. congress alone has the power of the purt. every time appropriated of spending has to go through this place. unfortunately, since the fiscal year ended on september 30, democrats and republicans in congress have been unable to agree on an overall budget plan that allows us to fund what are 12 annual spending bills. since then we have passed three of these so-called continuing resolutions that are also called c.r.'s. they provide short-term funding for the government, basically a continuation of the spending of last year, just to keep the government from shutting down. that's what c.r.'s do, but they don't include new policies typically, the new spendin

as well as wright-patterson air force base.o i really did not do anything that was that intensive. i was reached back for contingency construction in san antonio, texas. but in 2012, i was raped and beaten almost to death by an air forceman co. i spent almost two days in and out of consciousness on a concrete floor. it was over columbus day weekend. and when i did not show up to work, no one even came to check on me. during the assault, my right shoulder was dislocated. my left heel was fractured. damage was done to my spine. i did not find out for almost a year and a half that i had received a traumatic brain injury. when i reported this to my command to try to get help, i was pulled in my commander's office with my commander and my superintendent who is also an acting first sergeant because we were a small squadron and told that sometimes it was just better to just embrace the "suck." i was told that nothing could be done and it was conveyed that there would not be help from that front. my superintendent did not say anything

dayton is the home of the largest single site employer, wright patterson air force base. the reason i'm cochair of the air force caucus is because of wright path in springfield and youngstown and their air force employees in my state. i don't want people to go to work tomorrow morning at -- whether they're inside the fence, civilians or military, whether they work outside the fence, outside the gate, i don't want them to go to work and find out the government's closed. that's why, mr. president, we have another option. i'm asking the republican leader to reopen the government right now. i ask unanimous consent the president -- that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 36, h.r. 1301, that the amendment that would provide for a continuing resolution to fund the government through wednesday, january 24, three days, and is at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding o

and 910 in youngstown, to the base in my hometown of mansfield to springfield and of course to wright patterson air force base. he often attends visiting ohio honor flight ceremonies, represents our office support so ohio veterans visiting the memorials built in their honor. his love for the outdoors and for ohio is also shown through his work on issues like protecting the great lakes, including the great lakes restoration initiative and preserving the cuyahoga value national park near his childhood home. i would add, ohio is one of the lucky states east of the mississippi and one of the few states that has a national park and it's not far from the population centers of cleveland and akron. i would also add that even though the trump administration tried to zero out, as the way we talk about it, dramatically cut funding for the great lakes initiative, senator portman, a republican, i a democrat have worked together to restore that funding. we know keeping lake erie clean is an ongoing challenge. right off the coast of -- right off the city -- out of the city of toledo, lake erie is only 30 feet