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Chuck Schumer: “Speaker Johnson and House Republicans refused to move [the…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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It was something we had been pushing for weeks because we believe fema, the Coast Guard, cisa, tsa, and the other core agencies of DHS must be able to serve the American people. But that agreement is now collecting dust in the House. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans refused to move [the DHS funding bill]. it. And that brings us to where we are today. It is Republicans who have chosen to keep fema, the Coast Guard, cisa, TSA and all other DHS agencies shut down. (09:43–09:47)

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Asserts that House Republicans did not advance the DHS funding bill.

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