Washington, March 25 -- Congresswoman Nellie Pou issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today participated in a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans, using the event to blast Republicans for holding homeland security funding hostage to force through even more money for ICE agents.
"If my GOP colleagues cared about keeping our country safe, they would sign our discharge petition and force a floor vote on our bill to fund TSA and other DHS offices like FEMA and the Coast Guard immediately," said Congresswoman Pou during the hearing. "The problems we've seen over the last several weeks are not all due to the shutdown. Yet, DHS has launched a misinformation...