Madam President. Senator from Texas. Madam president. It's been 34 days since Democrats chose to shut down the funding of the Department of Homeland Security. jeopardizing America's safety and well being. No less than 120,000 DHS employees have missed paychecks, including the hardworking TSA agents and screeners that work at our nation's airports who've been working around the clock without pay to keep spring break travelers and others safe. (00:05–00:14)
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Asserts that Democrats have shut down DHS funding for 34 days.
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