WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The House Budget Committee issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) testified before the House Rules Committee in support of the Secure America Act to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
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Remarks as delivered:
"Democrats reneged on funding the government. They had the one of the longest shutdowns ever, second to only the one prior to this over a COVID-era, fraud-ridden tax or subsidy expansion.
"This was 76 days that the American people had to have a Homeland Security service and apparatus go dark. We didn't have our Coast Guardsmen to defend our ports against terrorist attacks. We co...