Speech #1140006131

Another shortterm budgetor even worse. another shutdownwould be bad for the Department and bad for employee moralevery bad. More importantly. though. it would pose a grave threat to our security. Instead of sending us a straightforward clean funding bill for the Department. the House has unfortunately sent us a bill that includes a number of amendments aimed at undermining the Presidents immigration policies. Many of our colleagues on both sides have significant concerns with these amendments. and the President has indicated that he would veto the funding bill if the amendments stay attached to it. Thus. these amendments jeopardize passage of the bill. and they threaten to prolong the crippling budget uncertainty the Department of Homeland Security has operated under. The Department of Homeland Security already has a lot to say grace over. We do them no favor by playing games with their budget. I understand why some of our colleagues are upset about the Presidents immigration policies. and we should have a debate about those concerns. But first we should be doing what we have been asked to do by giving the Department of Homeland Security the resources that it needs to keep Americans safe in an ever more dangerous world. Two of our colleagues.