WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement after Senate Republicans' move to block a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that would fund the vast majority of DHS, with the exception of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Secretary of Homeland Security's office:
"Republicans just blocked a commonsense effort to end the DHS shutdown. Today, Democrats put forth a bill that would fund most parts of the agency, allowing the hardworking federal employees at TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard to receive their paychecks and continue doing the important work they do pr...