Speech #1140008795

We passed a funding measure that would ensure that all public safety functions within the Department are fully funded so that the agency can fulfill its mission. Unfortunately. a few Senate Democrats are filibustering this bill and are keeping it from even coming to the floor for consideration. The Democratic Party is putting our national security at risk through their insistence that the President be able to grant 5 million illegal aliens legal status so they can receive work permits. tax refunds. and public assistance. The Presidents recent executive order on amnesty places the safety of every citizen in jeopardy and eliminates job opportunities for hardworking Americans. At a time when millions of Americans are struggling simply to make ends meet. the President should be focused on providing American jobs. not introducing millions of new laborers into the workforce. Since the President assumed office. he has already issued almost 5.5 million work permits to foreign laborers. The Senate now has the perfect opportunity to protect the safety of all Americans by approving House Resolution 240. a bill that would defund the Presidents executive order on amnesty. yet they refuse to take up this commonsense measure and do what is right for the American people. By not taking action. the Senate is relinquishing control to the President to continue carrying out these actions without the consent of Congress. Today. my office and the office of every Member of Congress received a formal request from the White House to authorize the President to use military force to fight against ISIS. It is ironic that. on one hand. the President is asking to send our young men and women overseas to fight against terrorism but. on the other hand. he and Senate Democrats are willing to put our security at risk at home so he can. without constitutional authority. saturate the American workforce with foreign labor who have entered this Nation illegally. Instead of working to strengthen our economy and secure our jobs for American citizens. the President seems to be more concerned with providing jobs for illegal immigrants. He has even threatened to veto the Keystone pipeline. a bill that we just passed here just a couple of hours ago. He has already threatened that he is going to veto this bill with one stroke of his pen. a bill that would create more than 40.000 jobs. but with another. he is willing to add 5 million illegal immigrants to an already struggling job market. Mr. President. the American people are hurting.