Kamlager-Dove Statement on DHS Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) released the following statement on her "no" vote on S.Con.Res. 33:

"Americans are struggling to afford their medications, put food on the table, and fill their gas tanks. Instead of tackling the rising, unsustainable cost of living, Republicans are once again trying to shove DHS funding down the American peoples' throats without reforms to rein in lawless immigration agents. It's a slap in the face and a hell no from me.

"This is about who we are as a country. We cannot stand for U.S. citizens being killed or our immigrant neighbors being terrorized. We can make an investment in the American people instead of ICE and Border Patrol, which already have enough funding to carry out their cruelty for years to come.

"DHS workers deserve to get paid. That's why the Senate has twice unanimously passed legislation to fund every part of DHS except ICE and Border Patrol while we continue negotiating. But Speaker Johnson cares more about placating Trump than paying workers, which is why he keeps refusing to bring that bill to the floor, even as the shutdown stretches into its 74th day.

"Let me be clear: if workers miss paychecks next month, it is because of a choice Speaker Johnson made. Quit the games. Pass the bipartisan Senate bill."

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