Tom Cole: “This department has 23 different agencies within it.”

“But not funding Homeland Security is always a mistake. Not funding the government, I will tell you, is always a mistake. But in this case, this is. The agency has 23 different. This department has 23 different agencies within it. that do things like this Secret Service, where they protect the President and our senior executive people. They also do law enforcement work and counterfeiting. The Coast Guard.” (18:53–18:57)

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