Madam President. todays vote pitted two of Americas top priorities against each other in a face off over Federal funding. Our national security interests are inherent is both securing our borders to keep terrorists out and providing first responders the resources they need to detect. prevent and respond to emergencies and terrorism. The underlying bill supports 1.000 new border patrol agents. That is a significant investment in securing our borders. The amendment we voted on would have added funding for an additional 1.000 agents. but redirected funds away from scarce first responder resources. We need to make border control and first responders copriorities. Considering the existing funding in the underlying bill for 1.000 new border patrol agents. I simply could not support an amendment that would strip funds from our police officers. firefighters. and emergency response personnel. For most people. homeland security is really hometown security.
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