Senator COATS. and we put together a crucial funding bill that totalled $46 billion to invest in agencies that protect us. It was $1 billion more-$1 billionthan the continuing resolution. We could have taken up that bill then. but there was a desire. because of controversy over the President taking Executive actions on immigration. not to do it. So now here we are in February. Now it is our time to fund a clean Homeland Security bill. Immigration is a serious policy issue. I dont dispute that. It deserves serious debate. But dont add it as a series of riders on the funding bill. rather. lets take up immigration separately. I remind our colleagues that in the last Congress this Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill. only to have it die in the House. So we say lets pass our bill again. lets have the House take it up. and lets have a real debate on it. but in the meantime. we will have funded the Homeland Security bill. This isnt BARB MIKULSKI talking about more government spending.
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