Rosen Votes Against Republican Budget to Give ICE More Funding Without Commonsense Guardrails, Republicans Block Her Effort to Lower Fuel Costs for Law Enforcement and First[...]

Watch Senator Rosen's full remarks HERE.

WASHINGTON, DC - Overnight, the U.S. Senate voted on Republicans' partisan budget bill that is set to give ICE billions of dollars in additional funding without any guardrails or accountability mechanisms. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) voted against this partisan budget bill that does nothing to help bring down costs for Nevada families. Additionally, Republicans blocked her effort to use the funding to reimburse fuel expenses for local law enforcement departments, fire departments, and first responder agencies resulting from Donald Trump's sky-high gas prices. Senator Rosen's effort would have sent the Republican budget back to committee to redirect the funding to be used for fuel relief for first responders.

Below is a transcript of Senator Rosen's remarks while pushing to redirect the funding:

Mr. President,

I rise today to make a motion to send this bill back to committee so that it can be amended to include funding to reimburse law enforcement departments and first responders for increased expenses as a result of Donald Trump's sky-high gas prices.

This will help address the rising cost of gas under Donald Trump and the impact it's having on cash-strapped police departments and fire stations across this country.

Let's provide relief to police departments, fire departments, and first responder agencies who are being hurt by Trump's reckless policies. I urge all my colleagues to support this motion.

Thank you.

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