John Thune: “Democrats have refused to fund border security or…”

“And why are we doing this bill, Mr. President? Why are we doing appropriations for these Department of Homeland Security agencies separately and for three years instead of the usual one? Because Democrats have refused to fund border security or immigration law enforcement. That's it, Mr. President, we are here today only, only because Democrats refused to appropriate a single dollar for our border and immigration law enforcement. They originally agreed to fund them, of course.” (00:40–00:47)

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