Steny Hoyer: “First of all, there was $400 million in there for the emergency first responders. That is a critical figure. All of us…”

“First of all, there was $400 million in there for the emergency first responders. That is a critical figure. All of us are for that. I do not think anybody is opposed to that. As a matter of fact, all of us were for all the dollars that were in this bill. We voted on it, passed it, and it was sequestered by the President. We believe that it is undermining homeland security not to move ahead with these finances at this point in time. And not only the $400 million for first responders, but I was at the White House today with the leadership and brought up the funding of the election reform bill. The election reform bill was the most significant bipartisan success that we had in the 107th Congress.”