Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 -- Motion to Proceed -- Continued

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Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I just want to applaud the vote we just
had. A 98-to-2 vote shows very clearly that our colleagues in the
Senate want to see funding for Homeland Security. Everybody understands
that the risks to this country are too great for us not to provide the
resources the Department needs so they can continue to do their jobs.

We just heard that the Department of Homeland Security was involved
with the FBI in the case of three people in Brooklyn who were
threatening this country because they wanted to go to the Middle East
and join ISIS. We need to make sure DHS has the funding they need. This
is real progress. I applaud Senators McConnell and Reid for their
efforts to get to this point.

I hope we can continue down this road to get funding for the
Department, and that when we send the bill over to the House, the House
will also work together in a bipartisan way to get a clean funding bill
before the resources run out, before the money runs out for the
Department of Homeland Security this Friday. We have a little bit of
time. We need to get this done. The Senate took a giant step forward
today to do that. I applaud my colleagues. I hope we can keep this
going and that we can get this done very soon.

I yield the floor.

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