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




                   THE HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BILL

  (Ms. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because we are just 1 week 
into this Congress and the Republican majority promised bipartisanship, 
especially on homeland security, the security of our homeland, yet, oh, 
no, it is politics as usual from Republicans now politicizing the 
Department of Homeland Security and its important funding at this time 
when we know around the world, and especially in France, which has felt 
so poignantly what happens when we don't pay attention to security. But 
here they are.
  They are mad at the President. Why? Because the President did what 
other Presidents have done, taking executive action on immigration. And 
so they are mad at the President, and Republicans are now going to 
punish the American people by not protecting our homeland. Well, shame 
on the Republican Party for politicizing the Department of Homeland 
Security.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to get to business. The American people 
expect that, and the Republicans, if they plan to govern, need to do it 
and pass a clean bill funding our Department of Homeland Security and 
take care of our homeland. This is what the American people expect, and 
it is what the Republican Party needs to deliver if they want to 
govern.

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