Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have come to the floor, with just 16 days left until the Department of Homeland Security shuts down, to again call for Congress to pass a clean full-year bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. With our Nation facing very real and very dangerous threats--Senator Murphy was just on the floor talking about the ISIL threat and pointed out what the risks are--it is time for us to put politics aside and do what is right for the security of our Nation. If we don't pass a full-year bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, we will not be able to make critical investments in border security, maritime security, and in nuclear detection activities. If we don't pass a full-year bill, grants to protect our cities and our ports from terror attacks would be halted, and new grants to police and firefighters will not be awarded. If we don't pass a full-year bill, we are shortchanging counterterrorism efforts, and we will put our Nation's cyber networks at risk. Senator Mikulski and I have filed a clean, full-year funding bill that is on the Senate calendar and ready for action. Our bill fully funds these key security priorities, but if our colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't want to support a bill that Senator Mikulski and I have filed, certainly we can support a clean Republican bill that includes the funding for the Department of Homeland Security.…”