[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                FUND DHS

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing to me to watch the 
Republicans recklessly play politics with our national security. That 
is right. Keeping America safe is why we have a Department of Homeland 
Security. That is what it does.
  Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires February 27. 
We have only 6 legislative days between now and then to pass a clean 
funding bill.
  If we fail to pass a bill, 30,000 workers will be furloughed and the 
rest will work without getting paid. Really? These workers are Border 
Patrol Agents, TSA security screeners, immigration officers, and 
members of the Secret Service and Coast Guard. We rely on them to keep 
us safe--and they rely on us to pay them.
  Shame on the Republican Party for jeopardizing our national security 
in a misguided attempt to score political points with the extremist 
wing of their base. Give us a clean bill and let us fund the Department 
of Homeland Security.

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