WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. James Lankford issued the following news release:

US Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), today took to the Senate floor to urge Democrats to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

"The White House has presented a set of ideas on paper, put them into legislative text, and handed them to Democrats two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, and said, 'Here are the reforms that we would agree with that you've asked for: badges, body-worn cameras, de-escalation training, process reforms.' All those things they put out there. And for two weeks my Democratic colleague...