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Chris Murphy: “The reason why Democrats and Republicans were not able to find agreement on the underlying DHS appropriations bill is…”

On the recordJune 7, 2026
The reason why Democrats and Republicans were not able to find agreement on the underlying DHS appropriations bill is because never before in the history of our nation has a federal agency been run so far off the rails as the Department of Homeland Security.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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