WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on her Senate Republican colleagues to join her and fund TSA, FEMA, and other critical agencies at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Senate Republicans have now - on nine separate occasions - blocked bills to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, Coast Guard, and other important DHS functions. These bills did not include funding for ICE and Border Patrol as negotiations to reform those are actively ongoing.
"Wisconsin families going on Spring Break or folks traveling for work should not be held hostage because of politics in Washington," said Senator Baldwin. "There is no good reason that we cannot fund TSA and get its w...