Non-Controversial Emergency Funding for Border Crisis Deserves Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Support
‘So I was encouraged last week when badly-needed emergency funding finally garnered some momentum. Under the leadership of Chairman Shelby and Senator Leahy, the Appropriations Committee approved funding, 30 to one… Partisan delays have exacerbated this crisis long enough. It’s well past time my Democratic colleagues stop standing in the way and let the Senate get this done.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the humanitarian crisis at our southern border:
“Of course, the NDAA does not exhaust the urgent priorities we should attend to this week. As my Republican colleagues and I have been arguing for two months now, Congress must address the humanitarian crisis on our southern border. The situation is well-documented. For months, record numbers of people have arrived at the border, overwhelming our agencies and facilities.
“The Department of Homeland Security has had to redirect resources and personnel from other critical missions to assist the Border Patrol. The Secretary of Health and Human Services has said: ‘We are running out of money. We are functionally out of space.’
“So I was encouraged last week when badly-needed emergency funding finally garnered some momentum. Under the leadership of Chairman Shelby and Senator Leahy, the Appropriations Committee approved funding, 30 to one. There is no reason, no excuse, why this non-controversial measure should not get a similar overwhelming bipartisan vote here on the floor this week. There is no reason it shouldn't happen today. Partisan delays have exacerbated this crisis long enough. It’s well past time my Democratic colleagues stop standing in the way and let the Senate get this done.”
Related Issues: Immigration, Homeland Security, Senate Democrats
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