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




                         FUND HOMELAND SECURITY

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, as you have heard, there are only 17 days 
until the GOP recklessly shuts down the Department of Homeland 
Security--and only 6 legislative days before that happens. We have a 
bipartisan bill that we have already agreed to. Bring it to the floor. 
We will be here. We can pass it today.
  When the majority leader was asked why we should pass the DHS funding 
bill, he said: ``Why do we have to?'' Seriously. This is about the 
safety of the American people. Rather than dealing with the safety of 
the American people, the Republican leadership has decided to continue 
to pander to the extreme Tea Party voices within their party.
  We ought to be taking this up as a matter of course and get back to 
the business of dealing with the big questions that people want us to 
take on, like how we can create an economy that is not rigged for the 
people at the top, with the rest of us paying the price. These are 
questions that people want us to deal with.
  We ought to set aside the politics of this Homeland Security bill and 
bring the bill that you have already agreed to, and we will vote on it 
and get on with the business of the American people.

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