Patty Murray: “with all due respect to the Republican leader--and I respect his sincerity in representing his side. I respect his…”

“with all due respect to the Republican leader--and I respect his sincerity in representing his side. I respect his sincerity in wanting to find a resolution here. But I need to correct him on one really critical thing. He talked about an agreement that was there and then went away. Do you know what happened, Senator? Two murders--two murders of American citizens. My side was not going to stand down and say: Oh, well, nothing happened. We were going to say: Something happened. And what we see is an out-of-control ICE Agency, and we are coming now, at this critical time, because this critical moment happened, to ask for some reforms and accountability. That is exactly what happened. And we are here today to say: We are willing to work on this section of the Department of Homeland Security--on which we obviously have a disagreement. And by the way, which I note, none of my Republican colleagues have ever come out here and acknowledged what has happened to American citizens. And I can sit out here for 45 minutes and outline that. None of them have acknowledged that. So you can see our frustration in saying: Let's fund the rest of Homeland. Our caucus is united on that--TSA, FEMA, CISA, and so much more. But we obviously have a disagreement and, clearly, an acknowledgment from the White House and the Republicans that reforms and accountability have to be part of funding for ICE.”