Providing for Disposition of Senate Amendment to H.R. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

Floor Speech

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Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Department of Homeland Security continuing resolution that pays all of our brave homeland defenders and fully funds all of DHS, including ICE and CBP. For over 40 days, my Democratic colleagues have held our national security hostage to force their reckless, open-border, and pro-illegal alien agenda on the American people.

Honestly, no one is surprised by this reckless stunt because, just a few short weeks ago in this very Chamber, these radical Democrats refused to stand for President Trump's simple statement that the first duty of the American Government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. They showed their true colors then, and they are continuing to show them right now.

Upholding immigration laws, securing our borders, and deporting illegal aliens is exactly what the American people voted for. We wanted to prevent more avoidable tragedies, like the horrific murders of Laken Riley and Sheridan Gorman.

Democrats want to protect these monsters who are committing these crimes. It is as simple as that. You are either with the American citizens whom you swore an oath to serve, or you are with the illegal aliens who shouldn't be here in the first place.

That is why the Senate bill was dead on arrival, passed in the dead of night by a voice vote. The Senate's DHS funding bill would defund ICE and the Border Patrol, further undermining the very agencies tasked with protecting our homeland.

House Republicans rejected this terrible precedent, as we will not allow the radical Democrats' un-American, open-border, illegal foreigner-first agenda to destroy our country or dictate the appropriations process.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to put the American people first by supporting this DHS 60-day continuing resolution.

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