ICYMI: U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT SPEAKS ON THE SENATE FLOOR, ADVOCATES FOR CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) spoke on the Senate floor in support of passing a two-week continuing resolution (CR) to continue negotiations on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. She also addressed the Ranking Member of the DHS Appropriations Subcommittee, Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), after he objected to her proposal to continue negotiations for the American people.

On Republicans' good faith efforts to fund DHS:

"Two weeks ago, we agreed to extend funding while we talked and tried to find a pathway forward ... It took the Democrats until Saturday evening to actually produce legislative text. Within the next four days, we were able to exchange dialogu...