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Jim McGovern: “Republicans should allow a vote to fund the law-abiding…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 35:49

End quote. Also, Republicans already funded ICE and CBP and their big ugly bill. So why are they holding up funding for tsa, the Coast Guard and fema? Republicans should allow a vote to fund the law-abiding components of DHS while negotiations on critical reforms to ICE and CBP continue. Madam Speaker, I ask your unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with any extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. (35:49–35:55)

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Asserts that Republicans should permit a vote to fund parts of DHS excluding ICE and CBP.

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