I would love to see it. It has been talked about a lot. The same thing for immigration. If you dont like what the President has done. then put up a bill and lets debate it. By the way. the Republicans have the power to do that immediately after we fund Homeland Security. We dont have to talk about anything else. We can stay on immigration reform and pound out a compromise and public policy that wont please everyone but will do exactly what the American people want us to do. and that is find a compromise that works. As countries around the world have united in their opposition to ISIS and the barbarians who are participating in ISIS activities. as all of our allies and some who havent traditionally been our allies are beefing up their cyber security. their border security. beefing up their homeland security. their airport security. adding more resources. what are we doing in America? Talk about a mixed signalwe are threatening to shut ours down. We are threatening to shut ours down to score political points. I know there would be tough votes on immigration reform when we debate it. for me in my State and for many in their States. We had those tough votes last year and the year before. We pounded out a bill that nobody loved. but it was pretty good. It made sure. by the way. that people who had broken the rules went to the back of the line. If you want people who break the rules to go to the back of the line. then lets get busy on immigration reform. But this is exactly the nonsense that frustrates Americansthreatening to shut down a vital part of protecting our country in the name of politics. The notion that the senior Senator from Texas. the assistant majority floor leader. just saidthat we were denying a debateis absurd on its face. We debate whatever the Republican Party wants us to debate now. They are in charge. So step up. fund Homeland Security. and move on to an immigration debate. You will find a lot of willing partners trying to find a way forward but not with this gamesmanship. It is not going to happen.
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