WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican National
Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters released the following statement after 37
Senate Democrats voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut
down:
“Senate Democrats are
deliberately prolonging a DHS shutdown that is now entering its second month —
leaving TSA officers and federal agents to work without pay while they continue
cashing taxpayer-funded salaries,” said Chairman Gruters. “Travelers are
waiting in hours-long security lines and frontline officers are sleeping in
cars to save gas, maxing out credit cards, and asking for donations to stay
afloat. Republicans are fighting to fund law enforcement and secure our nation,
while Democrats are emboldening terrorists and hostile regimes.”
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