WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune's remarks below (as delivered):
"Mr. President, the situation at U.S. airports continues to worsen, thanks to Democrats' refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
"Thousands of Homeland Security employees have been working without pay for more than a month.
"The problems of having an unfunded Homeland Security Department continue to multiply.
"And Democrats?
"Well, they just seem to shrug.
"I guess the Democrats' 43-day full-government shutdown from earlier this fiscal year ought to have made it clear that Democrats are happy to deprive...