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Richard Blumenthal: “The House is in kind of political meltdown, but the agencies…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Can you talk about that? The Department of Homeland Security is funded. We provided funds for it in the Senate by a unanimous vote twice. The House is in kind of political meltdown, but the agencies responsible for security have the funds they need to do their job. What hasn't been funded formally, and it won't be until there are real reforms in ICE or CBP is those agencies that have brutalized violently people in Minneapolis, but all … (02:06–02:18)

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Asserts that despite political issues in the House, security agencies have necessary funding.

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