[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             FULLY FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, this month, in a very short period of time, 
the Department of Homeland Security is going to run out of money. Our 
enemies, they plot, they plan to do us harm, and this Republican 
majority in this Congress refuses to give the Department of Homeland 
Security the full funding they need to keep us safe. What we will do 
this week is the 56th repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
  Mr. Speaker, some in this Chamber may be willing to cater to their 
base for political reasons, but catering to our enemies in order to 
cater to the base is unacceptable.
  Making it easier for our enemies to attack and do us harm by refusing 
to fund the Department of Homeland Security so you can score points 
with your base over a difference you may have with the President on an 
executive order is not what the American people want, expect, or 
deserve.
  The contrast could not be more clear, Mr. Speaker. There is one party 
in this House that is willing to undermine our homeland security and to 
undermine the middle class' economic security. There is another that 
wants to strengthen both.

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