[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICANS ARE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME OF CHICKEN WITH AMERICA'S 
                                SECURITY

  (Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, 16 days--House 
Republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken with America's 
security, threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security 
unless we give in to their extreme demands on immigration; threatening 
to force DHS employees on the front lines who keep us safe--people in 
the Border Patrol, TSA, the Coast Guard--to go to work and risk their 
lives while they are not getting paid; threatening to furlough DHS 
workers who support the frontline folks by training new agents, 
purchasing new equipment, and collecting intelligence.
  Republicans are wasting our time on an unnecessary and dangerous 
showdown when they should be focusing on economic growth, creating new 
jobs, and increasing hardworking Americans' paychecks, so that we can 
preserve and expand the middle class in this country.
  I call on my colleagues in the Republican Party to abandon these 
unacceptable tactics, pass a clean DHS funding bill for the remainder 
of 2015, and start focusing on creating new jobs and increasing 
Americans' paychecks.

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