Ryan Mackenzie said "I appreciate the spirited debate, but it is important when you are debating somebody to call out their half-truths and their deflections. The half-truth that this gentleman speaks of is that Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House, and so that gives us total ability to pass whatever we want. That is not the case. We know that in the Senate you need 60 votes to get something passed in policy, so you do need bipartisan support to actually get something passed into law and help the American people. We are asking, Mr. Speaker, for our Democrat colleagues to come along and join us in fully funding the operations of DHS. The bottom line is that that funding for DHS was voted on twice in this House already. We voted for it in a bipartisan fashion, and we are going to give all Members of this body the ability to vote on it for a third time." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 26, 2026

I appreciate the spirited debate, but it is important when you are debating somebody to call out their half-truths and their deflections. The half-truth that this gentleman speaks of is that Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House, and so that gives us total ability to pass whatever we want. That is not the case. We know that in the Senate you need 60 votes to get something passed in policy, so you do need bipartisan support to actually get something passed into law and help the American people. We are asking, Mr. Speaker, for our Democrat colleagues to come along and join us in fully funding the operations of DHS. The bottom line is that that funding for DHS was voted on twice in this House already. We voted for it in a bipartisan fashion, and we are going to give all Members of this body the ability to vote on it for a third time.

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Ryan Mackenzie

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for bipartisan support to fund the operations of the Department of Homeland Security.

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