John Thune: “enough is enough. Republicans have bent over backward to negotiate with Democrats, and now Democrats need to get serious…”

“enough is enough. Republicans have bent over backward to negotiate with Democrats, and now Democrats need to get serious about funding the Department of Homeland Security. Now, let's just review things for a minute here. In January, Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate reached an agreement on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, including a number of reforms: deescalation training for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, increased funding for body cameras, and increased oversight of border security and immigration enforcement funding. Then Democrats reneged on that agreement. Republicans said: OK, we will reopen negotiations. The White House offered up a robust list of additional reforms. The Democrats said no. And then, over the weekend, Democrats suggested that they would agree to fund the entire Department with the exception of immigration enforcement operations, and we offered them a bill to do exactly that. And Democrats still refused. It seems that Democrats have no interest in reaching an agreement. Many of them are perfectly willing to leave the Department of Homeland Security unfunded for the long term. They claim that they want to fund the Department. They claim that they are concerned about TSA officers and others working without pay. But talk is cheap, and their actions belie their words.”