[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, there are only 18 days left until the 
Department of Homeland Security runs out of money and shuts down on 
February 28.
  The Republican leadership, unfortunately, is still wasting time in 
this body in their appealing to the extremists within their party 
rather than addressing these important challenges that our country 
faces. The Republicans' extreme anti-immigration DHS funding bill is 
dead on arrival in the Senate, as they know. Border security experts 
have referred to the bill as ineffective, not serious, and dangerous 
for our Nation's security. Instead of coming together with Democrats in 
a bipartisan fashion to address the DHS funding issue and ensure the 
security of American families, we continue to see the House squander 
time, moving even further to the right in order to appease the most 
extreme voices.
  At some point in time, Mr. Speaker, we have to end the politics and 
get down to the business of the American people. Please, please join 
Democrats and Republicans to protect the American people and fund the 
Department of Homeland Security immediately. Then we can focus on 
middle class economics, which can create bigger paychecks for all 
Americans and build new infrastructure, and we can get back to the work 
of the American people.

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