With only hours left until the Republican shutdown, hasn't this gone on long enough? Isn't it time to abandon this failed strategy and pass a clean full-year bill? To that end, I urge this whole House to join me today in defeating the previous question so that my colleague, Ms. Slaughter, can offer an amendment to provide a clean full-year appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
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