Speaker Mike Johnson, House Republicans reject Senate bill to fund DHS and end partial shutdown

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Good afternoon, I'm Tom Hansen.

We have breaking news from Washington.

We want to take you now to Capitol Hill,

where Speaker Mike Johnson is discussing ongoing

negotiations to fund the Department of Homeland Security

and end the partial government shutdown.

Let's watch.

Dangerous criminal illegal aliens.

We have to do these basic functions of government.

We have to fund them in order to do them.

In the last several days, we have recent examples

of dangerous criminals in this country killing innocent Americans.

We had an 18 year old college student in Chicago,

young lady, who was shot in the back

by a dangerous criminal who had been released

in that sanctuary city and first released

at the border under Joe Biden.

They opened the border wide for four years.

Just yesterday or in the last 36 hours or so,

an 83 year old man pushed onto the subway tracks

and run over by a dangerous criminal illegal alien.

This has to stop.

The Republicans are not going to be a party to this.

They have taken hostage the funding processes of government

so that they can impose their radical agenda

on the American people when we can't have any part of it.

This gambit that was done last night is a joke.

I'm quite convinced that it can't be

that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill.

And I'm going to just read you one excerpt of it

because it's pretty alarming

and it says everything that you need to know in section four.

This is on page two of the bill.

This is an actual copy of the bill that excerpt.

It says, quote, the contents printed

under the headings of this bill,

US immigration and customs enforcement

and border security operations,

under the headings of US customs and border patrol

and protection,

shall have no force or effect for purposes of this act

and amounts specified in the final bill

under the subheading border security operations

and under the headings of US customs and border protection

and under the headings of US immigration

and customs enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security

shall be zero.

We're not doing that.

And it is unconscionable to me

that the Democrats would force some sort of negotiation

at three o'clock in the morning

and try to hoist this upon the American people

and then get on their jets and go home for their holiday

and pretend and think that we're going to go along with that.

So we're going to do something different.

We're going to do the responsible thing.

Republicans are going to continue to govern

and do the right thing morally,

politically and politically.

We are going to take care of those who take care of us,

the employees and the Department of Homeland Security

have gone without funding and without paychecks for 42 days.

It's the second longest shutdown in US history.

Bested only by the longest shutdown in US history

that these same radical Democrats hoisted upon the government

in the fall of last year.

42 days have gone without pay.

We've had by some estimates close to 500 TSA agents

who have resigned from their jobs

and who could blame them.

They've gone half the fiscal year without a regular paycheck.

We can't ask that of anyone.

And the lines around the airlines and at the airports

have been wrapped around the buildings

because of all this turmoil.

We are very grateful to have a strong commander-in-chief

in the White House who has taken real leadership.

President Trump has already ordered by executive order

that TSA agents will be paid

and those that machinery is in process right now.

The Office of Management and Budget is working through that

to make sure that that happens

and we will reduce the lines and the weights

at the airlines.

It will make sure that those who are protecting us are paid.

But what we are going to present

and what we're going to vote on this floor,

our rules committee is working through this right now.

We're going to put a clean, simple, continuing resolution

that will go into a May 22nd.

It's just a number of weeks to allow for all those

who sacrificially serve the country

and protect other Americans, all these agencies,

10 agencies under the Department of Homeland Security

will continue at their current funding levels

to make sure that they are protected.

We're going to send that over to the Senate

and we hope that they'll accept that.

They can do it in record time.

Just like that with the unanimous consent,

they could do that as early as Monday.

In the meantime, TSA will be paid.

We will have done our jobs

and we will protect the homeland

because that is the most basic responsibility

of the Congress is to protect the American people.

We're not playing political games on this.

We encourage some of our Democrats, hopefully,

we'll have some of our Democrats in the House

who go along with this and stop the pain

that's being forced to.

President Barack Obama.

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to raid the next election

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Vote yes by April 21st.

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Upon these people, the reason that we can't accept

this ridiculousness, okay, is because we're not going

to risk not funding the agencies

that keep the American people safe.

Department of Homeland Security

is the third largest department in the federal government.

It has 10 agencies beneath it.

It's not just TSA.

It's also FEMA, the Coast Guard.

All these agencies that keep us safe.

We must fund them.

This is not a game.

Republicans will do the responsible and honorable thing

and Democrats will continue to play politics.

Mr. Speaker, thank you Mr. Speaker.

You and John Thuner are not on the same page.

You came out and criticized Democrats.

He was the engineer behind this.

Why are you guys not on the stage?

And are you not extending the shutdown

if you were to accept what the Senate had passed?

This could end tonight and the TSA lines would shrink.

I wouldn't call John Thuner the engineer of this.

Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate.

Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate

have forced this upon the Senate.

I have to protect the House.

Let me answer the question, Chad.

I have to protect the House

and I have to protect the American people.

That's our responsibility.

Our colleagues on this side understand

this is not a game.

We are not playing their games.

These people want open borders

and they want criminal illegal aliens in the country.

They do not want to enforce the law.

They want to literally defund.

You just read it in the bill here.

They want to give zero dollars

to enforcing federal immigration laws

and keeping the borders secure.

That was the biggest issue in the election of 2024.

The wide open border that Joe Biden

and Kamala Harris hoisted upon the country.

And 20 million by some estimates,

20 million dangerous criminal illegal aliens

included in that number came over the border.

We have terrorists in our country.

We have obviously murderers.

They're putting it on display.

And in these big blue cities

that have sanctuary city policies,

they're releasing these people onto the streets.

They released them over the border

when they came over under the Biden years.

And that is the turmoil that we're facing right now.

The very serious threats to the homeland and everybody.

It's not just long lines at the airport.

It is the danger and safety of everyone.

We'll talk more after this as fast.

We'll get it done.

President, at the president's door,

this plan, Mr. Speaker, has the president...

I spoke to the president a few moments ago.

He understands exactly what we're doing and why

and he supports it, yes.

The American people are just sick and tired of it.

Everyone of you, both Republicans and Democrats,

come to this podium and believe me other side.

People have been standing in the minds

three, four or five months at the time.

There's TSA workers that are selling their plasma.

At what point is a leader on either side

going to stand up and say,

we have a path forward that everyone will agree to.

This vote today will extend the shutdown

under any circumstances.

No, it won't.

No, it won't.

Thank you. Let me answer the question.

I'm glad you brought it up.

The House Republicans have now voted

that today will be the fourth time

to fund the Homeland Security.

This is not party blame game.

This is a record.

You can hold up the record.

Look at the Democrats.

They're voting over and over.

Last night, yesterday afternoon,

we give them a chance to fund Homeland Security.

You know how many House Democrats voted?

Yes, four of them.

They want to use people as pawns.

People are not pawns.

These are workers who are sacrificially serving the country.

Many of them without pay to make sure that you

and your families are safe and we're done with it.

This is not a political blame game.

This is one party doing the job

and getting the government funded in another

that's using people as pawns.

We're not going to do that.

Listen, we're going to send it over there

and you can see what they do.

If this is not you seed and they don't do it,

the president has shown leadership.

He's going to fund TSA agents.

We'll get that covered,

but we have the rest of the country to take care of.

We're not asking them to do anything heroic.

These aren't partisan games.

We're not adding bells and whistles to this.

It is a clean continuation of funding

to make sure that the most basic responsibility

of government is fulfilled.

And we'll see how that goes this evening.

Thank you.

So both today is just bottom.

All right, you've been watching House Speaker Mike Johnson

speak on Capitol Hill talking critically

about the Senate's passing of a bill

in the early hours of this morning to fund all of DHS

through the end of the fiscal year

except for ICE and Border Patrol operations

at Customs and Border Protection.

Now Johnson, referring to that bill

as unconscionable to attempt to pass.

And apparently many in the House agreed.

The House rejected that bill that the Senate had passed.

They're instead proposing a 60 day continuing resolution

that would fully fund DHS Senator Chuck Schumer

saying that that proposal would be dead on arrival

if it makes its way to the Senate.

We'll continue following this funding showdown on Capitol Hill.

President Barack Obama.

Virginia, we are counting on you.

Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress

to raid the next election and wield unchecked power

for two more years.

But you can stop them by voting yes by April 21st.

Help put our elections back on a level playing field

and let voters decide not politicians.

Vote yes by April 21st.

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