The refusal of the Republican leadership to bring a clean Homeland Security appropriations bill for a vote delays the hiring of Secret Service personnel and the issuing of terrorism preparedness and response grants for State and local governments. This jeopardizes our first responders and other public safety personnel from being fully prepared when responding to a terrorist attack or to a natural disaster. While I do not question the prioritization of my colleagues in protecting our country. I do worry that some fail to appreciate fully the negative impact of inappropriately using the 2015 DHS appropriations bill as leverage to reverse the Presidents executive actions on immigration policy. If my Republican colleagues believe the President has overreached. then the Constitution provides them a path of action through the authorizing committees rather than through an appropriations bill. Mr.
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