aisle, david davidson cellini, thank you very much. first, i want your instant reaction to a congressman peter king just now, do you take any issue with what he said and do you agree with anything he said? i agree that we need border security, democrats along with republicans in a bipartisan way approved $1.7 billion in the last two years to enhance border security, fencing, additional personnel, et cetera. the department of homeland security has spent just a fraction of that. so this notion that democrats don t support border security is a silly claim. we just think it should be done in a smart, cost-effective way using new technologies, using drones and satellites, let s do things that will actually secure the border. that was the proposal, there were three proposals put forth to the president but he made it very clear he wanted to shut the government down, he said it 25
i m definitely not going to negotiate with you guys from this chair and i m definitely not going to get ahead of what the president will or won t do. what he said repeatedly is he demands some type of security from this nation and that includes a wall. let s not forget, democrats voted for a wall in 2006 and then again in 2006 and the president tweeted a photo yesterday from the oval office. the white house is now telling us the earliest the president could leave for mar-a-lago is tomorr tomorrow . house of representatives passed this important bill 217-185. some people were surprised by the number, i wasn t, because everyone wants to see our border protected. we re going to have a shutdown, there s nothing we can do about that because we need the democrats to give us their
verbage whatever you want to call it. in a tweet 25 minutes ago, he said we re negotiating with the democrats on desperately border security. we understand that mitch mcconnell is speaking now, let s listen up. continue their discussions, the senate will officially proceed to the house passes already already, officially proceeded to the house pass funding legislation. so that s pending, but we did so with understanding that no further votes will occur until the president and senate democrats have reached an agreement to resolve this. let me say that again. we pushed the pause button until the president from whom we will need a signature and senate democrats from whom we ll need votes, reach an agreement.
billion dollars for physical barriers in his negotiations with the president. five times, five times as much as the white house is reasonably requesting right now. and that was just earlier this year. republicans in the house and in the senate believe the house s provision for $5 billion for border funding plus additional disaster funding was completely reasonable. i was glad to vote to advance that legislation yesterday. my colleagues and i are proud to stand with the american people on this subject for the safety of american families and the health and security of our communities. but this time, this time democrats have rejected that reasonable request. they ve refused to meet president trump halfway and provide even one-fifth, one-fifth of the resources of the border they were willing to
and republicans, is real effective border security, but not a wall. the wall is president trump s boon to the hard right people. it s no way to spend $5 billion for a political bone. i ve heard the president and his allies in the media say that democrats don t support border security. nothing could be further from the truth. democrats have always been for smart and effective ways to secure our border. we re pushing for technology like drones and sensors and inspection equipment. every single proposal we make to the president included 1.3 billion for border security. the trump shutdown provides zero dollars for border security. i have never supported a border wall and i challenge anyone on the hard right to find a time when i or any expert has supported a wall like what the