Not a single dollar of the six billion has moved.

A Government shutdown would be detrimental to the TSA workforce, along with other workforces across the Government, and it would place our transportation systems at risk.

I hope my Republican colleagues will figure out a way to bring the House back to regular order as quickly as possible.

I'm proud to be working on this issue, which I can work with people like Earl Blumenauer, Ranking, or Chairman Jason Smith, Sherrod Brown, Marco Rubio, et cetera.

I think we can all agree that CBP has not moved fast enough or we would like it to have moved more.

Each day that passes without a Speaker brings us 1 day closer to the deadline to fund the Government, which is now less than a month away.

I have just proven with a few examples that China is on the offense while the United States is ignoring our allies in Latin America.

The U.S. must encourage and support these activities in the South China Sea.

Our partners in the region need our help, and our allies are questioning if the U.S. will be there to help.

So if we sit back as the No. 1 force, military force, in the world, we will watch in the next decade that Mandarin will replace English as the second language in Latin America.

Congress has to make the decision. Congress is in charge. There is no partnership. We make the decision. We take the vote.