[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it was good to see Democrats finally 
bring an end to their weeks-long filibuster of the Homeland Security 
funding bill. Once the measure we voted on yesterday is complete, the 
Senate will consider sensible legislation from Senator Collins.
  The Collins bill is really quite simple. It would protect our 
democracy from the most egregious example of Executive overreach we saw 
back in November. It is overreach described by President Obama himself 
as ``ignoring the law.'' The Collins measure simply takes the President 
at his word and helps him follow the law instead of ignoring it.
  It is hard to see how any Senator could oppose such a good, 
commonsense idea. So we look forward to that vote.

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