On the recordFebruary 5, 2015
The American people are crying out that we defend our homeland. They are doing it around the rest of the world, why shouldn't we? That is what this is all about. If they want to debate immigration, go ahead and debate immigration but not on the back of Homeland Security, leaving it totally naked and not giving us the ability to do what needs to be done to protect our homeland. Mr. McCONNELL. There is a bipartisan desire to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and I am sure we will resolve this sometime in the next few weeks. I yield the floor. Reservation of Leader Time The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the time until 11:30 a.m. will be equally divided in the usual form. The assistant Democratic leader.
