Republicans and Democrats could so easily have come together to pass a fullyear funding bill. Instead. the majority chooses tactics that put the security of American families at risk. They have allowed three nongermane amendments. The American people know about this nongermaneness. They have added that to this bill. That seeks only to make life harder for immigrant families. I remember in 2007 when Chairman ROGERS. the chair of the Appropriations Committee. said on this floor: There is no more important chore that the Congress has . . . than to protect the country as best we can from its enemies and from natural disasters. That is what this bill is all about.
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