On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) responded to a question on ensuring that TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard get funding even if there is a DHS shutdown by stating that “What I support is making sure we have a comprehensive agreement to ensure that we rein ICE in and make sure that their abusive practices stop.” She also stated that legislation to ensure funding for TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard isn’t needed and “I don’t know that, at the moment, I want to give any more money to Kristi Noem.”
Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, [relevant exchange begins around 8:35] “I wonder your thoughts on this idea that’s come forth from the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee, upon which you serve, Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s (D-CT) got a funding deal that would basically carve out ICE. It would fund the TSA, it would fund FEMA, it would fund the Coast Guard. It would put ICE in a box, knowing that ICE has gobs of money from the big, beautiful bill. Is that a good idea to spare TSA, FEMA, and the others while this is worked out?”
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