[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 406]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, Americans watching this debate must be 
shaking their heads in astonishment. The question on everyone's mind at 
this moment is: Are we doing everything we can to prevent a Paris-like 
terrorist attack in the United States?
  Americans would be right to suppose the Republican majority is 
rushing to finally adequately fund the Department of Homeland Security 
after they already delayed funding by making it a political football on 
immigration; but, no, it seems the Republicans can't help themselves, 
even when it comes to national security.
  They can't simply vote for the necessary funding to keep the American 
people safe; instead, the Republicans view this potentially dangerous 
moment as an opportunity to undermine the President's executive actions 
on immigration going all the way back to 2011, putting 600,000 young 
people in jeopardy of deportation and refusing to let the government 
prioritize for deportation felons over families.
  Shame on them. We should stop playing games with our national 
security by defeating these amendments and passing a clean Homeland 
Security funding bill.

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