SHAHEEN STATEMENT ON DHS FUNDING CONFEREES VOTE

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after the Senate rejected a House request to appoint conferees to debate Homeland Security funding:

“The only way forward is clear: the House must take up the bill we passed in the Senate that fully funds the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. It has the votes to pass and the Speaker should bring it to the floor. We cannot afford continued inaction or more short-term funding bills that jeopardize homeland security.”