Majority Leader | Remark | Remarks | THE NEWSROOM | Repub...Skip to primary navigation Skip to content×Close THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNE×Close THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNExxsearchxMENUFacebookXInstagramFacebookXInstagramVisit Leader Thune's South Dakota Site Here THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNExxsearchxMENUHomeTHE NEWSROOMRemarks02.11.26Thune on DHS Funding: Time Is of the Essence“I hope our Democrat friends will remain at the table and give talks more time to mature. The alternative path should interest no one - and that is a needless shutdown that will see funding lapse for our Coast Guard, our cybersecurity, for airport security, and for disaster response.” Click here to watch the video.WASHINGTON — 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, on Friday funding for the Department of Homeland Security will expire.“When we passed a short, two-week stopgap for the department – at Democrats’ insistence – many of us said it would not be long enough.“I made that case repeatedly.“Standing here today, I regret to say that we have been proved right.“The re-negotiation that Democrats demanded with the Trump administration last month is – unsurprisingly – taking some time.“Democrats took more than a week to coalesce around a set of demands.“And it was just this past weekend that they put those demands into writing.“On Monday – just two days later – the administration countered, and I expect Democrats will shortly receive detailed text for further consideration.“A quick turn, I might add, after a long wait. “By any measure, a good-faith engagement from our friends at the White House.“Do I think the parties are on a path that could culminate in a deal? Yes.“Will they need more time to get there? Absolutely. “So I hope our Democrat friends will remain at the table and give talks more time to mature.“The alternative path should interest no one – and that is a needless shutdown that will see funding lapse for our Coast Guard, our cybersecurity, for airport security, and for disaster response.”PrintEmailTweetNextPreviousTHE NEWSROOMSENATE RESOURCESABOUT LEADER THUNEFacebookXInstagram
