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Brian Schatz: “We can open up all aspects of the Department of Homeland…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Senate Democrats Live, 4.28.26

Published | Video Starts at 21:17

And one of the reasons that the House Republicans have been so much of a historic failure is their unwillingness to lean on Democrats. When there is a bipartisan consensus. There is a bipartisan consensus in the Senate. We passed this bill. We can open up all aspects of the Department of Homeland Security except a couple of narrow departments which are getting funded through a separate process. And so our message is not complicated, it is not nuanced, it is not partisan. Pass the bill, open the department. Questions. (21:17–21:26)

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Asserts that most of the Department of Homeland Security can be opened except for a few departments funded separately.

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