WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
"Democrats have been clear for weeks: there is absolutely no reason that TSA agents' paychecks should be held hostage to Republicans' demands to provide another blank check for ICE and Border Patrol-and it is just plain wrong that their pay has been held up this long. But finally, Republicans have relented, and we are now on track to fund the areas we agree on and get TSA agents paid, get our airports moving again, and fund important disaster relief and cybersecurity work.
"This is very good new...