WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about next steps for the national security supplemental after the Senate voted 67-32 to consider the package.
Senator Murray's remarks, as delivered, are below:
"M. President, it should never have taken this long to move forward on this aid that so many of us are saying is necessary-but I am so glad that we are finally here making progress on this crucial package.
"We have more work ahead to get this passed in the Senate and House and ultimately signed into law. And we, frankly, do not have a minute to waste.
"So I hope this vote is...