WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined House and Senate Democratic leaders at a press conference following a bicameral meeting on negotiations over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill and delivered the following remarks.
Senator Murray's remarks, as delivered, are below:
"I did not come from Brooklyn, nor did I come from the House, but I did come here as a mom in tennis shoes who today is very angry about what is happening to families in my community and across the country.
"Everyone in America with eyes and ears can see what's been happening in Minnesota and across the country...