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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

Floor Speech

Date: April 30, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, after sitting on his hands while the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security went without pay, Speaker Johnson finally did what he should have done a month ago: join Democrats in passing the bipartisan bill to end the Republican DHS shutdown.

For months, congressional Republicans have resorted to complicated legislative maneuvers and symbolic, self-congratulatory resolutions rather than compromise with Democrats to reform DHS and end the disastrous Republicans DHS shutdown, which became the longest partial government shutdown in history.

Republicans manufactured this crisis, prolonged it for months, and forced thousands of public servants and their families to pay the price.

House Democrats are glad Congress will finally be able to fund these vital agencies and pay the men and women who serve this country. But Democrats will continue demanding major structural reforms at ICE and CBP in the face of their continued misconduct and abuses of power.

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