Senator Hassan Statement on Senate Vote to Fund TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and other Homeland Security Agencies

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after this morning's vote to fund the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other Department of Homeland Security agencies while continuing to press for common-sense reforms to ICE:

"Granite Staters count on their government to work for them and to keep them safe. The chaos at our airports is unacceptable - and so is the conduct of masked federal immigration agents, which resulted in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

"For several weeks, I've supported efforts to fund TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and other agencies at the Department of Homeland Security while Congress negotiates reforms to ICE - but President Trump refused. Thankfully, the President finally relented, and Granite Staters can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Senate passed this funding on a bipartisan basis.

"There is still significant work ahead. People in New Hampshire and across the country are demanding common-sense reforms to ICE, which would bring the agency in line with standards that local law enforcement officers are proud to meet every day. All Americans must continue to press for these reforms because the safety of our communities depends on it."

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