Bennie Thompson: “Americans aren't fooled by these Republican political games. They understand that where you invest your resources speaks…”

At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones.

The department was using flat out wrong anti-union talking points.

The department was using 'flat out wrong anti-union talking points.'

There you have it. House Republicans have an hour to debate a nonbinding symbolic resolution but not even a few seconds to do the job that would actually pay our DHS workers. This is the Republican DHS shutdown.