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Tonko Statement on Passage of Long-Term Extension of DHS Funding
Washington, DC,
March 3, 2015
Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement in response to a clean, long-term bill providing funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September 30, 2015. The measure passed on a bipartisan basis by a vote of 257-167.
"After months of lurching from one manufactured crisis to the next, House Leadership finally listened to reason and gave the clean DHS funding bill the up-or-down vote needed to maintain our national security. I hope this will serve as a teaching moment to Congress that we govern best when we work together. Keeping our country safe and providing routine funding to agencies that keep our nation working should not be a partisan, dramatic process. The American people work hard and achieve results, and they should see the same out of their elected leaders,” said Tonko.
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