WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Democrats' continued obstruction and refusal to fund and re-open the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), leaving the American people to suffer and President Trump with no choice but to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to airports across the country to help streamline security screening processes. Sen. Cornyn has voted five times to reopen DHS, which includes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video can be found here.

"It is beyond shameful that Senate Democrats have continued to keep the Department of Hom...