But it pains me to say. Mr. Chair. that all of these positive efforts stand in stark contrast to the poison pill amendments that the Rules Committee has made in order for this bill. amendments designed to inject partisan antiimmigration politics into a bipartisan effort to keep our Nation safe. Unfortunately. there is nothing new about adding highly inflammatory riders to appropriations bills in a way that wrecks months of cooperative work and makes bipartisan support impossible. We have seen this in middleofthenight Homeland Security antiimmigration amendments for 2 years running. But today we are seeing the most egregious and irresponsible abuse of the appropriations process yet. Republican leaders have already delayed a fullyear funding bill for Homeland Security by nearly a month longer than for the rest of the government despite the fact that this bill was fully negotiated and ready for consideration well before the omnibus bill was assembled at the end of the last Congress.
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