Tom Cole: “Democrats simply have broken their agreement in the United…”

“But neither of us want to see the shutdown. I think we saw the same thing happen for all but one of the Senate bills. The really defining problem for us right now is Democrats simply have broken their agreement in the United States Senate over the Department of Homeland Security. And they want big time changes in Immigration Customs Enforcement and probably on the Border Patrol as well. The problem is they're already funded. So you can't interrupt their funding.” (02:01–02:10)

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