Mr. President, we have one week and one day left to pass the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. Democrats demanded a tight timeline for the DHS continuing resolution. Republicans warned Democrats repeatedly that such a short timeline would be challenging, if not impossible. But to prevent Democrats from shutting down a big part of the government and denying paychecks to soldiers and federal workers, we ultimately gave it to them. (00:09–00:15)
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Asserts that Democrats insisted on a short timeline for the DHS funding resolution.
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