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House lawmaker urges passage of DHS funding bill to end partial government shutdown
Summary
A lawmaker on the House floor urged colleagues to approve Department of Homeland Security funding, saying the partial shutdown is harming TSA and FEMA employees, disrupting trainings and flood-insurance processing, and risking national security; the speaker reserved time for further debate.
A lawmaker on the House floor urged colleagues to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security, saying the partial government shutdown is harming frontline federal workers and national security.
The lawmaker, speaking during floor debate, said the bill before the chamber "isn't new" and noted it had been debated two months earlier. The speaker described the measure as reflecting "the bipartisan bicameral agreement" and asserted that "senate Democrats, at the last minute, failed to honor" that deal — a characterization presented as the speaker's statement rather than an independently established fact.
The lawmaker…
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