[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            DHS FUNDING BILL

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my Republican colleagues 
to stop toying with our Nation's security. Disrupting funding to the 
Department of Homeland Security is an extreme and reckless form of 
partisan politics. Even Senate Republicans have expressed concern over 
the tactics used by their House colleagues.
  Defunding key security infrastructure is unacceptable. Republican 
Senator Mark Kirk said it best: cooler heads must prevail, and we must 
defend critical security infrastructure.
  In recent days both France and Nigeria experienced tragic terrorist 
attacks. These attacks highlight the threat here at home. Now is not 
the time to weaken our defenses.
  Mr. Speaker, shutting down any government agency is irresponsible. 
House Republicans should have learned their lesson in 2013. When will 
they stop the partisan politics and start legislating?

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