for aforetimeones as we run out of time. consequently. this continuing resolution will continue the government passed the september 30 and of the fiscal year. unable to pass the appropriations bills singly on the floor because of a lack of time, but also because the house and senate never agreed to an overall number of which we could mark. consequently, we were not able to bring those bills out because of that limitation. until december 15, with were given a number the senate in which we need to mark the individual 12 bills. we will do so. this is a hard-working committee. we are pragmatists. we know that we have to pass the bills to fund the government. we are intending to close down the government and shut it down. here.ld sit this is an effort by the majority party in the house to continue the government and avoid a shutdown what we work out differences on these funding bills for fiscal 2014. speaker,eaker -- madam this resolution is straightforward, clean, short term, continues reduction and federal discretionary spending. we have cut