WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Fox News' America's Newsroom to call for passage of his SCAM Act to expand the denaturalization process and slam Democrats for their refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, leaving America vulnerable to attacks here at home.

Senator Schmitt on the SCAM Act:

"The Democrats ultimately are more obsessed with defunding ICE than they are protecting the American people. This is part and parcel of Trump Derangement Syndrome. We should be funding the Department of Homeland Security at this moment; the risk is certainly heightened. The Democrats are playing petty politics about it. And look, the fact is, Joe Bi...