WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed (https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-john-kennedy-democrats-gambling-our-lives-not-funding-dhs) in Fox News Digital urging Democrats to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Key excerpts of the op-ed are below:
"My Democratic colleagues have opposed President Donald Trump's agenda at every turn, and that's their right. But their decision to shut down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) isn't some harmless act of political gamesmanship; it's incredibly dangerous.
"In the one month since Democrats voted to deny funding to DHS, the United States has faced at least four apparent terrorist attacks."
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