Mr. Speaker. I would like to. first of all. thank the gentleman for raising the point of order. Keeping American families safe is the first responsibility of Congress. but Republicans have decided that appeasing the antiimmigrant Tea Party extremists is more important than protecting our homeland. Just consider one momentevery House Democrat cosponsoring clean legislation to fund DHS. It is clear. therefore. that there are sufficient votes to pass a bill immediately and keep DHS funded and open. However. House Republicans continue to block consideration of a clean billa clean billDHS bill and sustain their latest manufactured crisisbecause this is a manufactured crisis.
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