Meanwhile. the Democrats in this Chamber. at the behest of the President. are holding up the Housepassed DHS appropriations bill. Senate Democrats voted three times to filibuster the Housepassed Department of Homeland Security funding bill last week. Their objection is that it withholds funding from the Presidents unconstitutional Executive actions on immigration. They are holding up the entire bill and threatening to shut down DHS to protect the Presidents prioritynot because the funding is too low or because the programs need reforms. Their complaint is that the President is not getting what he wants. I encourage them to relent on their filibuster so we can debate the bill. make changes if the Chamber sees fit. and send it to the President. If the President truly wants immigration reform. then do it the right way and work with Congress to get it done. Dont go about it on your own unconstitutionally and then threaten to shut down a department charged with protecting Americans. It is out of touch. but it is not the first time this administrations priorities have been at odds with those of the American people.
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