I just tried to fast track a bill to pay TSA workers NOW.
Sadly, Republicans in DC keep blocking it.
We all agree that TSA should be paid so what is the hold up? This is insanity.
@overton_news Please tell me someone on that panel pushed back with the truth that the Democrats have put out 9 (!) bills now that would fully fund TSA and the Republicans refused to vote for it.
Déjà vu: Democrats AGAIN offered a bill to make sure TSA agents get their paychecks.
AND AGAIN Republicans blocked it!!
Republicans are keeping TSA agents from getting paid!
This is the only thing you need to know.
Democrats want to open TSA. Republicans are refusing because they want to attach ICE funding.
That’s why there are long lines. ICE.
I want to be crystal clear: Democrats SUPPORT funding TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard.
In fact, we've tried to fund these agencies MULTIPLE times.
But what we won't support is writing a blank check for ICE's unchecked lawless violence.
NINE times.
So far, Senate Republicans have rejected NINE Dem bills to pay the Coast Guard, TSA, CISA, FEMA & other critical DHS functions while negotiations continue to rein in ICE & CBP.
No oath
No cameras
No sworn statements
No real answers
No justice in the Epstein Case
Just more coverups and a sham briefing with the AG—refusing to answer if she’ll comply with her subpoena.
Senate Republicans just blocked my bill that would have paid TSA workers.
My Republican colleagues are saying that if you don't give the President's overgrown paramilitary force of masked agents more money, they're going to leave TSA workers and others unpaid.
I think that's patently unfair.
Here is what’s really going on with regard to the funding stalemate in Congress.
ICE agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens on the streets of Minneapolis.
Democrats then said: before we write you another check, agree to the same rules every police department in America already follows. Judicial warrants before entering homes. Visible ID. Body cameras. No raids at schools and hospitals.
We immediately pushed for votes to fund TSA, the Coast Guard, and FEMA.
Republicans blocked it.
We tried to fund FEMA alone.
Republicans blocked that too. Their position was to fund ICE with no strings attached, or shut the whole thing down.
So DHS shut down.
Then yesterday, the White House sent a letter admitting we were right. But they still won’t agree to judicial warrants or to take the masks off, which means agents can still break down your door without a judge’s approval and you still can’t see their faces when they do it.
We’ve been ready to fund your airport security since day one, not to mention Coast Guard, FEMA and the rest. Republicans chose to protect ICE from accountability instead.
#FundDHSFreezeICE
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Minnesota State officials (BCA) had a SIGNED warrant from an independent judge to investigate the shooting. DHS DENIED them access to the scene and said they would investigate themselves.
This is unconstitutional and any conclusion DHS comes to can’t be trusted.