Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Republicans Voting to Keep TSA Workers Unpaid
(WASHINGTON) – Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on:
“House Republicans are at it again: extending the DHS shutdown for weeks longer, kicking the can down the road, and throwing temper tantrums at hardworking Americans’ expense all because they didn’t get what they wanted. It’s clear they don’t care about the DHS workforce – or the TSA officers keeping our airports safe – and just want to use them as political pawns in service to Trump. They are completely incapable of governing and are to blame for this mess.
“The American people agree with us on our main objectives: the entire DHS workforce needs to be paid legally – including TSA – and ICE needs to be reined in. We cannot give billions more in taxpayer funds to ICE until we have real reforms in law.”
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