WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries Subcommittee, today delivered remarks on the Senate floor and pleaded with Senate Republicans to negotiate on funding that would pay members of the U.S. Coast Guard. Currently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes the Coast Guard, is shut down due to a lapse in appropriations.
Below are Senator Blunt Rochester's remarks, as delivered:
Thank you, Senator Murphy. I want to start off, as the Ranking Member on the United States Coast Guard Subcommittee. And I stand here today, first of all, to acknowledge your leadership and to ...