[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              DHS SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. Speaker, there are only 3 days 
until the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, forcing more than 
50,000 TSA airport security screeners and tens of thousands of Customs 
and Border Protection officers to work without pay. Many of these 
dedicated public servants work at Los Angeles International Airport, 
LAX, which is in my congressional district. They screen the passengers 
and examine the cargo to keep the airports secure.
  LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third busiest in 
the United States. In 2013, LAX served more than 66 million passengers 
and processed more than 1.9 million tons of cargo with a value of over 
$91.6 billion.
  The security of LAX is critical for the people of Los Angeles and the 
entire country, and the public servants who work hard every day to keep 
our airports safe deserve to be paid for the work that they do. Let's 
fund DHS now.
  I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 861, the clean 
Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would keep the 
Department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the American 
people safe.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair previously advised, that 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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