And specific to the border. CBP, the Coast Guard and Border Patrol all fall under DHS. And DHS is not being adequately funded. So, having a debate over border security, while we're defunding border security simultaneously.
Fitzpatrick points out the contradiction of discussing border security while the relevant agencies are underfunded due to the shutdown.
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You have so many people that are co-opted from doing the right thing and supporting the right policy because of politics.
And if the American taxpayer dollar is being used in a way that the American taxpayer does not consent to and does not approve of ... it’s our job to make sure that we ask the questions, identify what the source is, so we can nip this…
“There’s got to be people that come to the table and agree that it’s in the best interest of our nation to not do this, that it’s a race to the bottom,”
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