WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on funding parts of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, implementing the Senate Democrats' plan to pay our TSA workers, Coast Guard, and more, while holding the line against funding for ICE and Border Patrol:
"I'm glad that the hardworking men and women of TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and across DHS are finally getting paid. This crisis was entirely preventable.
"After 41 days of holding travelers hostage and blocking Democrats' efforts to fund TSA, President Trump decided he had the authority to pay TSA officers all along. Senate Democrats offered legislation more than 10 times to pay T...