Speech #1140009748

I know this isnt what my Republican friends want to do. and I urge us to come together and work in a way that will end this era of politics by crisis once and for allno more shutdowns. no more manufactured crises. and no more demonstrating that we are better at stopping progress than at enacting progress. Democrats are ready to work together with Republicans to pass a bipartisan. bicameral bill that we all know we can pass and that will fund the Department of Homeland Security and keep our country safe. I hope that after wethis afternoonvoted down for the fourth time a bill that seeks to repeal the Presidents actions on immigration. we can put aside that partisan issue and come together to find a bipartisan solution to fund the Department of Homeland Security. We already know what that solution looks like. We just need to come together and give it a vote. In my view. this is too important to trivialize as part of the ongoing posturing and partisan games that for so long have dominated this Chamber. I urge my colleagues to work with us. Fund Homeland Security and then lets talk meaningfully in this Congress about how we can fix our broken immigration system together. I know we are all eager to continue that conversation. First. we need to solve this challenge and make sure that our communities. our States. and our country are safe.