Political Quotes

“look, we stand ready. And I am disappointed that we were objected to being able to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which we just saw my colleague from Washington object to. The proposal that they are offering does this--our proposal today that we just put on the floor was $100 million for drug interdictions. The proposal they put on the floor today was zero. When you are looking at the proposal that they just objected to here on this floor, we have $2.5 million for the Center for Countering Human Trafficking at HSI. Their proposal that they put on the floor today, zero--zero. The proposal that we put on the floor that they just objected to has $2.1 million for increased inspections for ICE detention centers, and they just objected to it. The proposal that they put on the floor, zero--zero. The proposal that the Democrats just objected to, moving forward to fund--we just asked to fund TSA. We just asked to fund the Coast Guard. We just asked to fund Secret Service. We just asked to fund FEMA. We just asked to fund CBP, ICE, and our proposal had $7 million for investigations of child exploitations and forced labor at HSI. Mr. President, do you know how much was in the Democratic proposal that they put on the floor today? Zero. We are not going to turn our back on law enforcement. We are not going to turn our back on border security.”