Steve Scalise: “Democrats have completely walked away from [funding two…”

“We what we're doing here is if you look at reconciliation 2.0, the bill that's before us today, it is taking two areas of the Department of Homeland Security the Democrats have completely walked away from [funding two areas of the Department of Homeland Security]. and they've said we're not going to fund it at all because they want an open border. And so as long as the Senate has a 60 vote requirement, we in the House passed a bill to fully fund the department.” (22:31–22:34)

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