[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, every single day, our national security 
personnel work tirelessly to protect Americans from harm. At a time of 
renewed threats from ISIS around the world and with the recent attacks 
in France, these men and women have done the tremendous job of keeping 
our country safe; but unless Congress acts in 17 days, the Department 
of Homeland Security will run out of funding.
  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has warned that 30,000 
Homeland Security workers will be furloughed, and the rest will be 
forced to work without pay. Is this really how our government should 
treat its employees on the front line of our national security system?
  In an effort to roll back President Obama's executive action on 
immigration, House Republicans have attached toxic policy riders to 
their Department of Homeland Security bill. The Republican-controlled 
Senate has rejected this bill three times, but rather than taking up 
clean legislation to provide our frontline personnel with the resources 
they need to protect our country, they instead are attaching all of 
these toxic riders.
  House Republicans continue to play political games with our national 
security. I call on my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to 
stop putting politics ahead of the safety of American families and fund 
the Department of Homeland Security immediately.

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