00:00Just a few moments ago, the House Republicans voted to end the Democrat Department of Homeland Security shutdown once and
00:08for all.
00:09And we are pleased to tell you that we'll be funding for the next three years our border security and
00:14immigration enforcement.
00:15These are critical agencies and critical functions of the federal government, to state the obvious.
00:21And it's rather shocking to us that Democrats wanted none of it.
00:26We have three full years of funding now, and there is not a Democrat here who voted to support that.
00:33But what we've done now by funding it for three years is we've taken away their ability to cut that
00:38funding, to block that funding, or to take hostage the funding for the remainder of the Trump administration.
00:45And again, it's rather sad and shocking to us that it came to this, but that's the time we're in.
00:50A partisan vote to fund the enforcement of federal immigration law.
00:55Just think of it.
00:55But this is good news for everybody except Washington Democrats, okay?
00:59They gained absolutely nothing from their reckless crusade to return our country to open borders and unfettered mass migration.
01:09House Republicans will always stand with America's law enforcement.
01:12And we will always work to ensure that these brave men and women have the resources they need to carry
01:18out their responsibilities, to protect America's families and communities, and to prevent tragedies like the murder of Lake and Riley,
01:27Sheridan Gorman, and so many other precious lives that have been lost as a result of President Biden and the
01:34Democrats' open border policies for four years.
01:36With us today are a few of those families, and we thank them for being here to bravely share their
01:42stories because they have such impact, and they remind us that we can never go back to those crazy policies
01:48again.
01:49Every single leader who voted to defund ICE and CBP should remember the faces and the stories of those Americans
01:59that we have lost.
02:00The American people are going to remember it.
02:02They're going to remember, too, that it was Republicans, and Republicans alone, who did the responsible thing and funded these
02:08critically important agencies at this critical time.
02:12Democrats, on the other hand, demonstrated to the entire country once again how little they prioritize the security of our
02:17borders and the livelihoods of those who put their own lives at risk and on the line to defend our
02:23homeland.
02:24Today's Democratic Party has sadly been infiltrated with an insurgent wing of radicals, Marxists, categories of people that would never
02:34have been considered running for office before, but that's who we have.
02:37And they are fundamentally opposed to the underlying mission of our border and immigration agencies.
02:42And this Republican majority and the American people are not going to abide that.
02:47The historic mandate that put President Trump in the White House and Republican majorities in both the House and the
02:53Senate is evidence of the fact that Democrats defund the police agenda is wildly out of step with hardworking American
03:01families.
03:01After four long years of Democrat policies that open the door to dangerous criminals and deadly drugs, Republicans are delivering
03:09on our promise to restore safe streets and secure our borders.
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