[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2535]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              DHS SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to demand that a clean, 
straightforward Department of Homeland Security funding bill be brought 
to the House floor for a vote immediately. After today, there are only 
2 more days until the entire Department of Homeland Security is shut 
down, 2 days until the men and women who work to protect our national 
security stop receiving a paycheck, 2 days until the doors are shut at 
the Department responsible for ensuring America's safety.
  If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to debate the 
merits of immigration reform, then bring an immigration bill to the 
floor. We would welcome that debate. We are ready to work on a 
comprehensive bill to fix a broken system. In the meantime, don't play 
games with our national security.
  Again, I urge the House leadership to bring a clean funding bill. It 
is H.R. 861. We need to keep the Department of Homeland Security open 
so it can carry out its mission of keeping the American people safe, 
and we need to be able to move forward to work on the pressing matters 
facing our country.

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