WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, joined Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.Dak.), Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and other members of Senate Republican leadership to discuss the ongoing Democrat-led shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On the current state of DHS negotiations and how vital agencies that keep Americans safe continue to go unfunded: "It's a disappointing day. We are 38, 39 days past when we decided we would do a two-week CR, which we gave the Democrats in good faith to be able to have a conversation about the proper way to fund the Department of Homeland Secu...