Roger Marshall: “I am not going to leave behind the TSA. I am not going to leave behind the Coast Guard. I am not going to leave behind…”

“I am not going to leave behind the TSA. I am not going to leave behind the Coast Guard. I am not going to leave behind FEMA. I am not going to leave behind ICE and the Border Patrol. My colleague mentioned his experience in the State Department, which I have great respect for. He knows that, if one Agency is closed down, it impacts everybody else in the State Department. He also should understand--and I know he does; I know that he understands this--that if you shut down a part of DHS, it impacts everybody else and that there is a domino effect of problems. There is no one on the Democrat side who could argue that we wouldn't be safer if all of DHS were funded. No one could argue that we wouldn't be much safer as a nation if all of DHS were funded. But, instead, with all due respect, my colleagues across the aisle are turning to politics. They acknowledge the danger that this country is in, but they continue to choose politics over the safety and well-being of our Nation. Carving this up--carving the bill into separate pieces--makes no sense. It is a blatant attempt to distract from the fact that they are putting American lives at risk every single day.”