As my colleagues are aware. our committee has not officially organized for the new Congress. which means we technically do not yet have a ranking minority member for the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. Again. I want to say to my colleagues that we could have completed action on this bill in the last Congress with the other 11 appropriations bills considered in the omnibus package. Unfortunately. the House majority kicked the can down the road and put these important programs under a continuing resolution in a misguided attempt to protest the Presidents executive order on immigration. Today. instead of putting a clean bill on the floor. my majority colleagues have decided to further inject partisan politics into the appropriations process. We all know the outcome of this very dangerous game.
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